If a branch is configured with a default remote but no branch.<name>.merge and then the remote is removed, git fails to remove the remote with: "fatal: could not unset 'branch.<name>.merge'" Instead, ignore this since it is not an error and shouldn't prevent the remote from being removed. Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <rosslagerwall@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/remote.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c index e52cf3925..5dd22c2eb 100644 --- a/builtin/remote.c +++ b/builtin/remote.c @@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv) strbuf_reset(&buf); strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.%s", item->string, *k); - git_config_set(buf.buf, NULL); + result = git_config_set_gently(buf.buf, NULL); + if (result && result != CONFIG_NOTHING_SET) + die(_("COULd not unset '%s'"), buf.buf); } } } -- 2.11.0