Re: "git config get" returns "error: key does not contain a section: get"

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>

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Jun 5, 2025, 16:33 UTC

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On Thu, Jun 5, 2025, at 18:16, Scott Birl (Temple Univ) wrote:

> 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

That looks like Git 2.39.0.

> [...]
> $ git config get core.filemode
>
> error: key does not contain a section: get

`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.