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user.name & user.email have nothing to do with the server communication - they are used only when committing. If you use HTTP to access your repo, then add another remote with your new username in the URL: git remote add origin2 https://new_username@host.com/repo. And then push/fetch using the new remote:
If you click on the “Set up two-factor authentication” button, it will take you to a configuration page where you can choose to use a phone app to generate your secondary code (a “time based one-time password”), or you can have GitHub send you a code via SMS each time you need to log in.
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When you connect to a GitHub repository from Git, you will need to authenticate with GitHub using either HTTPS or SSH. Note: You can authenticate to GitHub using GitHub CLI, for either HTTP or SSH. For more information, see gh auth login .
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Setting your Git username for a single repository. Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash. Change the current working directory to the local repository where you want to configure the name that is associated with your Git commits. Set a Git username: git config user.name "Mona Lisa".
