Setting up Git User Name

Question

The document states to run the following from the command line:

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

When I run these commands with the $ sign in front I receive this error:

 $git is not re-cognized as an internal or external command.

I also tried:

git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

When I run both lines the command line returns to the next line without an acknowledgement statement.

Afterwards the two commands do not seem to take effect.

I have Git with GitBash install. Is there something obvious I am missing here?

Possible duplicate of [How to tell git to use the correct identity (name and email) for a given project?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6116548/how-to-tell-git-to-use-the-correct-identity-name-and-email-for-a-given-project) — Makoto, Dec 06 '16 at 19:25

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 18:44

$ stands for "prompt". You should'nt actually write it; its only purpose is to indicate where to begin the command.

You should write them separately.

git config --global user.name "John Doe"

(Press enter) then

git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

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