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

Question

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

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


        

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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"

Answer 3

Open config file to edit :

git config --global --edit

Press Insert and remove the setting

and finally type :wq and Enter to save.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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