Configure Author and Email for your Git Commits

$ git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
$ git config --global user.email "MY_NAME@newcubator.com"

Why --global

Order where Git searches for configuration:

1. Project specific .git/config
2. User specific $HOME/.gitconfig
3. System wide /usr/local/etc/gitconfig (On Mac)

Bonus

If you want to get fancy and automate the email and other configurations based on the location of the project directory, you can use Conditional Includes.