Change Git commiter in Netbeans

Question

In Netbeans 7.1 Git support has been added, however, I don\'t see a way to change commiter information. Currently, it\'s defaulting to my system information which is not what I

Answer 1

Windows 7 file location:

C:\Users\USERNAME\.gitconfig

Answer 2

it worked in netbeans v7.3.1/windows 7 by adding those entries

name = github user name

email = github registered email

in file

C:\Users\[USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\7.3.1\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules\git.properties

Answer 3

This is covered in the Git Community Book.

It will work unless what you are trying to achieve is to have two sets of committer information on the OS same user account.

From the page:

[user]
    name = Scott Chacon
    email = schacon@gmail.com

Answer 4

You can just edit the default text in the combo boxes and NetBeans will remember it for next time. The data is saved in a git.properties file, for example: C:\Users\USERNAME\.netbeans\7.1.2\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules\git.properties).

EDIT:

As per the below comment, it seems that the config file's location changed in NetBeans 8 (I don't use NetBeans for a long time already).

Here's an alternative location according to @tzi: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Netbeans\8.0.1\config\Preferences\org\netbean‌​s\modules\git.properties

Answer 5

this helped me: https://help.github.com/articles/why-are-my-commits-linked-to-the-wrong-user

Configuring git

To check your git setting, run this command:

git config user.email
# you@there.com

If this email is not correct, you can change the global setting:

git config --global user.email "me@here.com"

Answer 6

Try setting it in the local gitconfig file .git/config:

[user]
        name = yourname
        email = youremail