Looks like there's a problem with setting a config with an empty section, making it create a new section. The result is: $ git --version git version 2.9.2 $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/eli/t/.git/ $ t() { git config x.y x; git config --unset x.y; } $ t;t;t $ grep -c '\[x\]' .git/config 3 $ git config x.z x $ t;t;t $ git config x.z x # adds another [x], but leaves it populated $ t;t;t;t;t;t;t;t $ grep -c '\[x\]' .git/config 4 -- ((x=>x(x))(x=>x(x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html