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

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