git_purge is a simple bash script meant to clean git config files to ensure that traces of previous users who may or may not have used git on your computer are completely removed.
(Shame on them for not removing themselves better.)
This short script gives the user 5 options to use.
Basic Clean: Removes the user.name and user.email from .gitconfig as well as unsetting the password cache using commands built into git.
Heavy Purge: Locates all instances of user's .gitconfig file, and destroys destroys them. Afterwards, only the global config file is recreated to enture no other files get in the way.
SSH Clean: Destroys all possible RSA keys likely associated with a git account. Because of the impossibility of knowing which keys belong to git, it is recommended that the user run these commands manually. However, if truly wanted, the script will take its best guess.
Set Credentials: Quickly set/overwrite global user.name and user.email without typing the entire git config --global etc.
Intensive Search: Finds all files relating to problem account. User can then quickly find the ones needed to be destroyed, and manually delete them.
To run:
chmod a+x git_purge
./git_purge
To test that the script worked, find a repository of your own, make a small change, and then go through the process of pushing it. You should be intercepted at the commit command, asking you to re-enter credentials, but a full push may be required to see the effects.