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Reputation: 44952

How can I remove an entry in global configuration with git config?

I ran a global configuration command in git to exclude certain files using a .gitignore_global file:

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

Is there a way to undo the creation of this setting globally?

Upvotes: 696

Views: 908529

Answers (12)

Göktürk
Göktürk

Reputation: 67

Im on Windows. In my case, I set the path using backslashes which confused git. I replaced them with forward slashes using git config --global --edit

Upvotes: 2

I am PK
I am PK

Reputation: 6764

Try this from the command line to change the git config details.

git config --global --replace-all user.name "Your New Name"

git config --global --replace-all user.email "Your new email"

Upvotes: 34

Clubman
Clubman

Reputation: 311

This would unset global credential helper.

git config --global --unset credential.helper

Upvotes: 19

Samuel Diogo
Samuel Diogo

Reputation: 789

In order to complement the larsk anwser, is possible remove an entry line while editing with vim using the dd command:

git config --global --edit

then:

  • Press the Esc key to go to normal mode.
  • Place the cursor on the line you want to delete.
  • Type dd and hit Enter to remove the line.

when you finish, type ESQ and :wq

Upvotes: 30

Aun Abbas
Aun Abbas

Reputation: 590

If someone just wanna delete the user object entirely, then he should use:

git config --global --remove-section user

This is useful when a user accidentally adds more properties that are not required just like user.password etc.

Upvotes: 11

Ankit Kumar Rajpoot
Ankit Kumar Rajpoot

Reputation: 5600

Try these commands to remove all users' usernames and emails.

git config --global --unset-all user.name
git config --global --unset-all user.email

Upvotes: 21

Pasan Sumanaratne
Pasan Sumanaratne

Reputation: 915

Open config file to edit :

git config --global --edit

Press Insert and remove the setting

and finally type :wq and Enter to save.

Upvotes: 54

AConsumer
AConsumer

Reputation: 2801

You can check all the config settings using

git config --global --list

You can remove the setting for example username

git config --global --unset user.name

You can edit the configuration or remove the config setting manually by hand using:

git config --global --edit

Upvotes: 30

Santhosh Kumar HN
Santhosh Kumar HN

Reputation: 71

git config information will stored in ~/.gitconfig in unix platform.

In Windows it will be stored in C:/users/<NAME>/.gitconfig.

You can edit it manually by opening this files and deleting the fields which you are interested.

Upvotes: 6

Angelo Mendes
Angelo Mendes

Reputation: 978

You can edit the ~/.gitconfig file in your home folder. This is where all --global settings are saved.

Upvotes: 7

Yousry Elwrdany
Yousry Elwrdany

Reputation: 1459

You can use the --unset flag of git config to do this like so:

git config --global --unset user.name
git config --global --unset user.email

If you have more variables for one config you can use:

git config --global --unset-all user.name

Upvotes: 145

larsks
larsks

Reputation: 312400

I'm not sure what you mean by "undo" the change. You can remove the core.excludesfile setting like this:

git config --global --unset core.excludesfile

And of course you can simply edit the config file:

git config --global --edit

...and then remove the setting by hand.

Upvotes: 1196

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