What should be the path of .gitconfig file in linux?

Question

Hello can anyone tell me where the .gitconfig file reside, i mean what is the folder where this file should be stored. I am seeing the linux kernel tutorials from KernelNewbies at stuck where that file should reside. I am following this link http://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch and under the heading setup git they tell me to make .gitconfig file now i dont know what should be the path.

Answer 1

Your global git configuration is written to ~/.gitconfig.

To override git configuration on a per-project basis, write to path/to/project/.git/config.

However, you don't have to edit configuration files directly. You can set global or local configuration variables on the command line. For example, to set the global user name, use git config --global user.name "your-username".