How to remove a filter from Git

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I want to remove a filter that added to Git. The command git config --list shows the filter I added

filter.spabs.clean=expand --initial -t 4
filter.spabs.smudge=expand --initial -t 4
filter.spabs.required

How can I remove it? Where does Git store the filters? I have verified .gitconfig and I don't have a .git/info/attributes file.

If those entries are absent from your `~/.gitconfig` file, look for them in the `.git/config` file of your repo; delete whichever entry(ies) you want. — jub0bs, Sep 11 '15 at 08:26
@Jubobs I done that but I got the same result when I do `git config --list` — Hunsu, Sep 11 '15 at 08:54
Have you deleted the offending entries from your `.git/config` file and saved the file? — jub0bs, Sep 11 '15 at 08:55
As Frederic points out in his answer, the offending line may be in the global (i.e. user-level) Git config file, which is usually `~/.gitconfig`; run `git config --list --global` to check whether they're indeed in that file. Or they may be in the system-wide Git config file; run `git config --list --system` to check. — jub0bs, Sep 11 '15 at 09:03
then you should be able to remove from the ~/.gitconfig file — Frederic Henri, Sep 11 '15 at 10:08
@FredericHenri My system-wide config file is on /etc folder. — Hunsu, Sep 11 '15 at 10:13

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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For removing in all config files (without having to look for the key):

git config --unset-all filter.spabs.clean
git config --unset-all filter.spabs.smudge
git config --unset-all filter.spabs.required

As illustrated in "git credential.helper=cache never forgets the password?", you can do a:

sudo git config --system --unset-all filter.spabs.clean
sudo git config --system --unset-all filter.spabs.smudge
sudo git config --system --unset-all filter.spabs.required

That would remove those keys from /etc/gitconfig.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Sep 11 '15 at 09:03

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@user230137 what git version are you using? On which OS? – VonC Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
The config file that contains theses command is /etc/gitconfig. git version 1.9.1 on Ubuntu 14.04. It's privilege issue I think. – Hunsu Sep 11 '15 at 10:09
@user230137 OK. I have edited my answer accordingly. – VonC Sep 11 '15 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 08:58

so you need to know where they are defined, rather than git config --list you can run the 2 commands

git config --local --list
git config --global --list

For local filters, you need to look under .git/config file

For global filters, you need to look under ~/.gitconfig file

How to remove a filter from Git

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