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git config -> "fatal: bad config file"

From
David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 14, 2009, 13:38 UTC
Message-ID
<A5CDBB91-E889-4849-953A-2C1DB4A04513@gmail.com>

I made a mistake editing my config file using "git config -e". This caused git commands to fail.

Trying to fix the problem, I did

git config -e fatal: bad config file line 7 in .git/config

I think the refusal to edit a broken config file is not a good idea. It's easy to fix for me of course by editing .git/config directly, but git-config should probably not read the config file at all.

Thanks for your consideration.
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  1. David ReitterAug 14, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberAug 14, 2009
  3. David ReitterAug 14, 2009
  4. Jakub NarebskiAug 14, 2009
  5. git-config: Parse config files lenientlyMichael J Gruber, Aug 14, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2009
  7. Michael J GruberAug 17, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2009
  9. [PATCHv2] git-config: Parse config files lenientlyMichael J Gruber, Sep 2, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2009
  11. Michael J GruberSep 3, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2009
  13. Michael J GruberSep 4, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2009

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