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

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

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3 messages between Jun 21, 2017 and Jun 21, 2017.

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Kaartic Sivaraam· Jun 21, 2017, 18:12 UTC · lore

Hello all,

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 ?

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Regards, Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>

Junio C Hamano· Jun 21, 2017, 18:34 UTC · re: Kaartic Sivaraam · lore

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

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.

Kaartic Sivaraam· Jun 21, 2017, 18:43 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

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

On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 11:34 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> 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.
>

Interesting. This is the first time I'm hearing this.