From: Scott Birl (Temple Univ) Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:16:34 GMT Subject: "git config get" returns "error: key does not contain a section: get" Message-ID: Hello all: Debian 12/bookworm -- git is already the newest version (1:2.39.5-0+deb12u2). Trying out examples from https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config.html#EXAMPLES ---- $ which git git is hashed (/usr/bin/git) ----- $ git config get --type=color --default="reset" "" usage: git config [] Config file location --global use global config file --system use system config file --local use repository config file --worktree use per-worktree config file -f, --file use given config file --blob read config from given blob object Action... ----- $ git config get --type=color --default="blue reverse" color.diff.whitespace usage: git config [] Config file location --global use global config file --system use system config file --local use repository config file --worktree use per-worktree config file -f, --file use given config file --blob read config from given blob object Action... ---- $ git config get core.filemode error: key does not contain a section: get ----- $ git config --global get core.filemode error: key does not contain a section: get ----- $ git config --local get core.filemode error: key does not contain a section: get ----- pwd: $HOME cat -n ~/.gitconfig: 1 [core] 2 fileMode = true 3 ### ----- Can someone explain what's going on? Thanks.