In order to remove a set value from git config file, you can make use of the --unset option along with the config command.
git config --unset [--local|--global|--system] value
Example:# git config --list --show-origin
file:/etc/gitconfig core.editor=nano -w
file:/home/neo/.gitconfig user.email=you@example.com
file:/home/neo/.gitconfig user.name=Neo
file:.git/config core.repositoryformatversion=0
file:.git/config core.filemode=true
file:.git/config core.bare=false
file:.git/config core.logallrefupdates=true
file:.git/config dev.name=Mike
Let us try to unset dev.name at the local level.
# git config --unset --local dev.name
git config --list
core.editor=nano -w
user.email=you@example.com
user.name=Neo
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
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