Mount Git configuration

Mount your Git configuration into workspaces to set your Git identity and preferences.

Before you begin

About this task

Note

The user.name and user.email fields are set automatically to the gitconfig content from a git provider that is connected to OpenShift Dev Spaces. This connection requires a Git-provider access token or a token generated via OAuth, and you must set the username and email on the provider’s user profile page.

Procedure

  1. Create a ConfigMap with your Git configuration: 
    kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: workspace-userdata-gitconfig-configmap
  labels:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
    controller.devfile.io/watch-configmap: 'true'
  annotations:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-as: subpath
    controller.devfile.io/mount-path: /home/user
data:
  .gitconfig: |
    [user]
      name = Your Name
      email = your.email@example.com
    [core]
      editor = vim
    [pull]
      rebase = true
  2. Apply the ConfigMap to your project: 
    $ oc apply -f gitconfig.yaml -n <your_namespace>
  3. Start or restart your workspace.

Results

  1. Open a terminal in your workspace.
  2. Verify the Git configuration: 
    $ git config --list