Failing to configure my commit email address and username in git for a single repository.

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I set up a GitHub account with username and email as given below: username = settix-dev and email = settimbalamech@yahoo.com However, before setting up the GitHub account, I had created a Bit bucket account with username and email as given below: username = settix and email = settimbalamech@gmail.com( I configured these in Git globally and they work well). But when I configure the new username and email to the openmrs specific repository and try to verify the configuration, I get unexpected output as here: Git configuration failure - Pastebin.com

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What’s the output of git config --local --list? What happens is git config --list lists all the properties through your shell’s pager (which is why it ends in : rather than the normal prompt). If you keep pressing <enter> eventually, you should get the local user.email setting displayed.

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@ibacher I have attached a link for the output here: Git configuration failure - Pastebin.com. But mean while let me try to keep pressing as you have advised. I will get back to you.

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@ibacher Thanks so much indeed. It has worked. It has displayed the username and email address as expected.However, it seems I did not set my remote URL in advance. When I use <git remote -v> command, it returns <origin https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core.git(fetch)>. I have tried to set my URL using <origin https://settix-dev@github.com/setix-dev/openmrs-core.git> ,but I get an error(fatal: remote origin already exits). Check the log here: Remote url - Pastebin.com.

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this means you didnot fork your repo checkout Using Git - Documentation - OpenMRS Wiki

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@herbert24 Will it work get I fork?

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try looking through that link i have dropped you

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Ok, let me do the needful.