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_global

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

Answer 1

You can remove an entry in a global configuration using:

git config --global --edit

There you can edit your changes in the file.

If you want to remove the file completely you could do this:

git config --global --unset core.excludesfile

This command will remove the core.excludesfile.

Reference: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---global

For more reference on git commands, you can check out git tutorial and git commands.