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RE: [External] Re: "git config get" returns "error: key does not contain a section: get"

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SUScott Birl (Temple Univ) <sbirl@temple.edu>
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Jun 5, 2025, 16:38 UTC
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> `git config get` is from Git 2.46.0.
> 
> I get the same error on 2.40.0.
> 
> You need `git config --get`. That's the old syntax.
Understood.  Thanks.
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  1. Scott Birl (Temple Univ)Jun 5, 2025
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