How can I delete a git alias?

Question

I'm learning to work with git, and I tried to set some aliases like this:

git config --global alias.trololo 'status'

So now when I type git trololo it works like git status.

Now trololo alias is not needed. How can I correctly delete it?

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-07T08:21:18.313

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You can try --unset in git config:

git config --global --unset alias.trololo

I find it safer than editing directly the config file (git config --global --edit)

edited May 07 '14 at 08:21

answered May 07 '14 at 08:19

VonC

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In addition to being the correct way to do this, this solution has the benefit of working for local and system aliases, as well as global aliases, provided you use the appropriate flag (`--local`, etc). – De Novo Feb 14 '19 at 20:25

score 35 · Answer 2 · edited May 09 '19 at 12:35

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In case someone has multiple values for the same alias and has got that:

$ git config --global --unset alias.trololo
warning: alias.trololo has multiple values

Use --unset-all

git config --global --unset-all

edited May 09 '19 at 12:35

Ferdi

answered Jan 05 '18 at 09:42

Edhrendal

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered May 07 '14 at 08:33

17

Or just:

vim ~/.gitconfig

And delete the alias lines.

answered May 07 '14 at 08:33

atupal

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is this fragile to implementation changes? – joel Nov 20 '18 at 10:30
@JoelBerkeley Yes. And just provide another way. :-) – atupal Nov 22 '18 at 23:05

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered May 07 '14 at 08:20

6

You can remove it by deleting that line from the configuration file or you can try this:

git config --global --unset alias.YourAlias

answered May 07 '14 at 08:20

Coder Panda

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '22 at 14:40

0

You can manually remove it in your global settings files by:

answered Oct 31 '22 at 14:40

Eliya

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