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[PATCH] config: fix short help of unset flags

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Nov 24, 2025, 21:00 UTC
Message-ID
<06997dce-e4d5-4889-8e70-5f44da3dc800@web.de>

The flags --all and --value of "git config unset" don't make the command "replace" or "show" anything, they are about selecting what to unset. Change their help text accordingly.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 builtin/config.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 86e0cd77f3..80107e61dd 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -1003,8 +1003,8 @@ static int cmd_config_unset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	struct option opts[] = {
 		CONFIG_LOCATION_OPTIONS(location_opts),
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Filter")),
-		OPT_BIT(0, "all", &flags, N_("replace multi-valued config option with new value"), CONFIG_FLAGS_MULTI_REPLACE),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "value", &value_pattern, N_("pattern"), N_("show config with values matching the pattern")),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "all", &flags, N_("unset all multi-valued config options"), CONFIG_FLAGS_MULTI_REPLACE),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "value", &value_pattern, N_("pattern"), N_("unset multi-valued config options with matching values")),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "fixed-value", &flags, N_("use string equality when comparing values to value pattern"), CONFIG_FLAGS_FIXED_VALUE),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
-- 
2.52.0
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