3 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/repository/git.go b/repository/git.go
index 801504f2..c8c45d6a 100644
--- a/repository/git.go
+++ b/repository/git.go
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) ReadConfigString(key string) (string, error) {
 
 // RmConfigs remove all key/value pair matching the key prefix
 func (repo *GitRepo) RmConfigs(keyPrefix string) error {
+	// try to remove key/value pair by key
 	_, err := repo.runGitCommand("config", "--unset-all", keyPrefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		// try to remove section
+		_, err = repo.runGitCommand("config", "--remove-section", keyPrefix)
+	}
 
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/repository/git_test.go b/repository/git_test.go
index 32634cfb..8bd3aa8e 100644
--- a/repository/git_test.go
+++ b/repository/git_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	configs, err = repo.ReadConfigs("section")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 	assert.Equal(t, configs, map[string]string{
 		"section.key": "value",
 	})
@@ -43,9 +42,25 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = repo.ReadConfigBool("section.true")
 	assert.Equal(t, ErrNoConfigEntry, err)
 
+	err = repo.RmConfigs("section.nonexistingkey")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
 	err = repo.RmConfigs("section.key")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	_, err = repo.ReadConfigString("section.key")
 	assert.Equal(t, ErrNoConfigEntry, err)
+
+	err = repo.RmConfigs("nonexistingsection")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	err = repo.RmConfigs("section")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = repo.ReadConfigString("section.key")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	err = repo.RmConfigs("section.key")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
 }
diff --git a/repository/mock_repo.go b/repository/mock_repo.go
index 2dc4868e..23534b89 100644
--- a/repository/mock_repo.go
+++ b/repository/mock_repo.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (r *mockRepoForTest) ReadConfigString(key string) (string, error) {
 	return val, nil
 }
 
+// RmConfigs remove all key/value pair matching the key prefix
 func (r *mockRepoForTest) RmConfigs(keyPrefix string) error {
 	for key := range r.config {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(key, keyPrefix) {