---
title: Edit git configuration file
type: snippet
language: git
tags: [configuration]
cover: terminal
dateModified: 2021-04-13T21:10:59+03:00
---

Opens the git configuration file in the git text editor.

- Use `git config --global -e` to open the git configuration file in the git text editor.

```shell
git config --global -e
```

```shell
git config --global -e
# Opens the git configuration file in the default git text editor
```