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* Rename map topic * Delete map topic * Rename map topic * Add redirect * Remove last two map topics * Move article on adding a remote into a long-form guide * Move article on changing a remote's URL * Move articles on renaming and removing remotes * Move remote URL article * Fix typo * Remove category index file * Move a few articles to the new category * Move a few more files * Move managing remote repos article * Move the rest of the getting started with git map topic * Move the first half of the using git map topic * Move the rest of the articles and 🔥 the directory * Fix failing test * Remove Using Git from product index * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Laura Coursen <lecoursen@github.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Laura Coursen <lecoursen@github.com>
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title, intro, redirect_from, versions, topics
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| Remembering your GitHub username or email | Are you signing in to {% data variables.product.product_location %} for the first time in a while? If so, welcome back! If you can't remember your {% data variables.product.product_name %} user account name, you can try these methods for remembering it. |
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{% mac %}
{% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} users
- In the GitHub Desktop menu, click Preferences.
- In the Preferences window, verify the following:
- To view your {% data variables.product.product_name %} username, click Accounts.
- To view your Git email, click Git. Note that this email is not guaranteed to be your primary {% data variables.product.product_name %} email.
{% endmac %}
{% windows %}
{% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} users
- In the File menu, click Options.
- In the Options window, verify the following:
- To view your {% data variables.product.product_name %} username, click Accounts.
- To view your Git email, click Git. Note that this email is not guaranteed to be your primary {% data variables.product.product_name %} email.
{% endwindows %}
Finding your username in your user.name configuration
During set up, you may have set your username in Git. If so, you can review the value of this configuration setting:
$ git config user.name
# View the setting
<em>YOUR_USERNAME</em>
Finding your username in the URL of remote repositories
If you have any local copies of personal repositories you have created or forked, you can check the URL of the remote repository.
{% tip %}
Tip: This method only works if you have an original repository or your own fork of someone else's repository. If you clone someone else's repository, their username will show instead of yours. Similarly, organization repositories will show the name of the organization instead of a particular user in the remote URL.
{% endtip %}
$ cd <em>YOUR_REPOSITORY</em>
# Change directories to the initialized Git repository
$ git remote -v
origin https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>YOUR_USERNAME</em>/<em>YOUR_REPOSITORY</em>.git (fetch)
origin https://{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}/<em>YOUR_USERNAME</em>/<em>YOUR_REPOSITORY</em>.git (push)
Your user name is what immediately follows the https://{% data variables.command_line.backticks %}/.
{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
Further reading
- "Verifying your email address" {% endif %}