Thanks for the reply. » git config --get-all --global user.name ; echo $# 0 Same result, no output, exit code zero. Jade On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 5:33 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jade Lovelace <lists@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Then: > > > > » git config --global --get user.name > > » git config --show-scope --show-origin --get user.name > > global file:/home/jade/.config/git/config Jade Lovelace > > With "--get" replaced with "--get-all", what do you see? >