GitHub Desktop uses the email address you set in your local Git configuration to connect commits with your GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account.
Tip: Anyone will be able to see the email address in your Git configuration if you make public commits. For more information, see "Setting your commit email address."
- Sign in to GitHub or GitHub Enterprise.
- In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Emails.
- Copy the email address you'd like to use in your local Git configuration.
- Return to GitHub Desktop.
- In the upper-left corner of your screen, select the GitHub Desktop menu, then click Preferences.
- In the Preferences window, select Git.
- In the Name field, type the name you'd like to use for your Git configuration.
- In the Email field, paste the email address you copied from your GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account settings.
- Sign in to GitHub or GitHub Enterprise.
- In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Emails.
- Copy the email address you'd like to use in your local Git configuration.
- Return to GitHub Desktop.
- In the upper-left corner of the window, select the File menu.
- Click Options.
- In the Options window, select Git.
- In the Name field, type the name you'd like to use for your Git configuration.
- In the Email field, paste the email address you copied from your GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account settings.
