Re: Does 'git config' accept the '--remove' option?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 21, 2017, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqzid1p4tw.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1498068738.32360.7.camel@gmail.com>

Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:

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> I recently noticed that when I run 'git config' with the '--remove
> <non_existing_section>' I get a warning that section doesn't exist.
> When I scrolled through the man page of git-config I could see any
> mention about the '--remove' option. I only see that there is a '
> --remove-section' option. Sample output,
>
>> $ git config --remove test
>> fatal: No such section!
>> $ git config --remove-section test
>> fatal: No such section!
>
> Is this a bug (or) is the documentation stale ?

Neither, I would say. I think that you would get exactly the same behaviour from

    $ git config --remo test
    $ git config --remove-sec test

These are merely "unique prefix can be abbreviated in option names" kicking in, I think.