# git config --unset does not remove section

2 messages from 2012-10-21 to 2012-10-21. Participants: Angelo Borsotti, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31881

## Angelo Borsotti, 2012-10-21 06:46

Subject: git config --unset does not remove section
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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

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-10-21 07:09

Subject: Re: git config --unset does not remove section
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Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

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