# Bug? git config and --unset are not inverses

3 messages from 2015-07-29 to 2015-07-29. Participants: Dave Borowitz, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39966

## Dave Borowitz, 2015-07-29 18:59

Subject: Bug? git config and --unset are not inverses
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It looks like git config --unset may leave an orphaned section, but a
subsequent set adds a new section:

$ git config --file=myconfig section.foo true
$ git config --file=myconfig --unset section.foo
$ cat myconfig
[section]
$ git config --file=myconfig section.foo true
$ cat myconfig
[section]
[section]
       foo = true
$ git --version
git version 2.5.0.rc2.392.g76e840b

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## Junio C Hamano, 2015-07-29 19:02

Subject: Re: Bug? git config and --unset are not inverses
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Dave Borowitz <dborowitz@google.com> writes:

> It looks like git config --unset may leave an orphaned section, but a
> subsequent set adds a new section:

Old news known for at least several years.  Patches welcome ;-)

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## Junio C Hamano, 2015-07-29 19:10

Subject: Re: Bug? git config and --unset are not inverses
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The most recent round of the discussion is here:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/219505/focus=219524

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