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git config --unset does not remove section

Subject: git config --unset does not remove section

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2 messages between Oct 21, 2012 and Oct 21, 2012.

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Angelo Borsotti· Oct 21, 2012, 06:46 UTC · lore

Hello,

git config --unset does not remove the section in the configuration file when the removed key is the last one, leaving then an empty section that is lo longer used. E.g.:

    git config foo.bar true

creates:

    [foo]
	bar = true

then:

    git config --unset foo.bar

changes the section into:

    [foo]

Another git config foo.bar true changes the config file into:

    [foo]
    [foo]
	bar = true

Having two sections with the same name clutters the config file.

-Angelo Borsotti

Junio C Hamano· Oct 21, 2012, 07:09 UTC · re: Angelo Borsotti · lore

Re: git config --unset does not remove section

Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

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> Another git config foo.bar true changes the config file into:
>
>     [foo]
>     [foo]
> 	bar = true
>
> Having two sections with the same name clutters the config file.

True. It would be nice if the removal of the last element removes the section header as well.