Mount Git configuration

Mount your Git configuration into workspaces to set your Git identity and preferences.

Before you begin

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About this task

Note:

The user.name and user.email fields are set automatically to the gitconfig content from a git provider that is connected to OpenShift Dev Spaces. This connection requires a This content is not included.Git-provider access token or a token generated via OAuth, and you must set the username and email on the provider’s user profile page.

Procedure

Create a ConfigMap with your Git configuration:

kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: workspace-userdata-gitconfig-configmap
  labels:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
    controller.devfile.io/watch-configmap: 'true'
  annotations:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-as: subpath
    controller.devfile.io/mount-path: /home/user
data:
  .gitconfig: |
    [user]
      name = Your Name
      email = your.email@example.com
    [core]
      editor = vim
    [pull]
      rebase = true

Apply the ConfigMap to your project:
```
$ oc apply -f gitconfig.yaml -n <your_namespace>
```
Start or restart your workspace.

Results

Open a terminal in your workspace.
Verify the Git configuration:
```
$ git config --list
```