How do I change the default author and committer in the Eclipse Git plugin?

I am using the Git plugin for Eclipse. I have several authors and committers which are displayed when I start typing in those fields.

How can I provide changes to this list, or remove some author or committer?

Also I want to set my default author and committer which will be displayed by default.

Solution 1:

1. Click Window > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration

2. Click Add Entry and enter the key value pairs:

   • Key: user.name

   • Value: YourUsernameHere

     And

   • Key: user.email
   • Value: YourEmailHere

Solution 2:

Each developer should perform:

git config --global user.name "<name of user>"
git config --global user.email "<email of user>"

If you want to change the author of an existing commit, look here