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copied!<p>Update 2016: with git 2.8 (March 2016), you can simply use:</p> <pre><code>git config --list --show-origin </code></pre> <p>You will see which config is set where.<br> See "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/35670933/6309">Where do the settings in my Git configuration come from?</a>"</p> <p>As <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/3357935/steven-vascellaro">Steven Vascellaro</a> points out <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2114111/where-does-git-config-global-get-written-to/2115116#comment79861204_2115116">in the comments</a>, </p> <blockquote> <p>it will work with non-standard install locations. (i.e. <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases" rel="noreferrer">Git Portable</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>(like the latest <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.14.2.windows.1/PortableGit-2.14.2-64-bit.7z.exe" rel="noreferrer"><code>PortableGit-2.14.2-64-bit.7z.exe</code></a>, which can be uncompressed anywhere you want)</p> <hr> <p>Original answer (2010)</p> <p>From <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config" rel="noreferrer">the docs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3>--global</h3> <p>For writing options: write to global <code>~/.gitconfig</code> file rather than the repository <code>.git/config</code>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Since you're using <a href="http://msysgit.github.io/" rel="noreferrer">Git for Windows</a>, it may not be clear what location this corresponds to. But if you look at etc/profile (in <code>C:\Program Files\Git</code>), you'll see:</p> <pre><code>HOME="$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH" </code></pre> <p>Meaning: </p> <pre><code>C:\Users\MyLogin </code></pre> <p>(on Windows 7)</p> <p>That means the file is in <strong><code>C:\Users\MyLogin\.gitconfig</code></strong> for Git in Windows 7.</p>

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