Try to run- git config --global --unset user.name
And then re-run the command as it should have been. Eyal On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 6:26 AM Debanjana Sarkar < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > By mistake I tried to set global user.name with extra quote(like ““xyz””) > instead of only one (like “xyz”) and now it prevents me to set correct > user.name. Steps to reproduce this, > > 1. > > git config --global user.name ““Debanjana Sarkar”” > output of “git config --list” > user.name=Debanjana // Surname is missing > 2. > > Now reading manual and try to set the user.name correctly. > git config --global user.name “Debanjana Sarkar” > warning: user.name has multiple values > error: cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value > Use a regexp, --add or --replace-all to change user.name. > 3. > > Hence I added “–replace-all” but it still did not replace but rather > added another user.name entry. > git config --global user.name “Debanjana Sarkar” --replace-all > git config --list > user.name=Debanjana > user.name=Debanjana Sarkar <---------- Another entry instead of > replacing existing one !! > > Reproduced this in both windows and Linux and in Linux I had to change > .gitconfig to recover this. > I heard this is right place to discuss about this. Any suggestion or > feedback if I’m doing it wrong ? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/63807fa0-8f5b-4ed3-8f9e-09176c5db67en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/63807fa0-8f5b-4ed3-8f9e-09176c5db67en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/CACUUmC99CLvJZ%3DX4rev8fvqE-uVuGBG97NDZin8xU5O2LA98XQ%40mail.gmail.com.
