Git : How to config git environment

First time installing git, you need to configure git environment into ~/.gitconfig

# git config --global user.name "NAME"
# git config --global user.email NAME@example.com

# git config --global core.editor vi

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example: .gitconfig

vi .gitconfig

[color]

        ui = auto
       branch = auto

[alias]

        co = checkout
       ci = commit -a
       st = status
       br = branch
       w = whatchanged

[user]

        name = foo
       email = foo@gmail.com

[apply]

        whitespace = strip

[diff]

        color = auto
       rename = copy