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Git
From dankwiki
Here's a good crash course for subversion users.
Configuration
Dump your user configuration with git config -l:
[recombinator](129) $ git config -l user.name=Nick Black user.email=dank@qemfd.net color.diff=auto color.status=auto color.branch=auto [recombinator](0) $
Dump the system configuration, if one exists, via git config --system -l.