Changing the commit author for Git/Github on Windows 10

Question

Problem:

I cant get the correct username to show up for commits on github.

Background:

I first had a Github account for personal use that was just to mess around and become familiar with it. Now I'm in a college course that required me to create a new Github account. We are using pycharm for python programs in my class. When I commit and push to my repository on my new Github account the commit log shows my personal account username.

Attempts To Fix:

I've tried the:

git config --global user.name "yourname"

then I tested that the username was correct with:

git config --global user.name

I did the same with email and password to see if that made a difference. When that didn't work I looked around on google to see what I could find. People said to remove and re add credentials with the windows credential manager. I did that too and still no luck.

I'm willing to delete my personal account if that's what needs to be done I just need this second account to show the correct username when pushing because the professor won't grade the code unless you use your school username.

I appreciate any feedback.

Answer 1

As far as I know, github performs the comparison of the user via the e-mail address.

So try:

Go to Github.com -> Setting -> E-mail Add the Email address you used in your .gitconfig to your account.

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Additional you can do conditional commits

Conditional Git Config

Your global git config .gitconfig

[user]
  email = [email protected]

# on Windows for all directories below p:/cy/* use the .corp.gitconfig config
[includeIf "gitdir/i:p:/cy/**"]
  path = ./.corp.gitconfig

Your secondary git config .corp.gitconfig

[user]
  email = [email protected]

you can test if the right config value ...

git config --show-origin --get user.email

The official documentation can be found here