echo '## Custom template' >template
 
-clear_config () {
-       (
-               git config --unset-all "$1"
-               case $? in
-               0|5)    exit 0 ;;
-               *)      exit 1 ;;
-               esac
-       )
-}
-
 try_commit () {
        git reset --hard &&
        echo >>negative &&
 try_commit_status_combo () {
 
        test_expect_success 'commit' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
                try_commit "" &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
                try_commit "" &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --status' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
                try_commit --status &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --no-status' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
                try_commit --no-status &&
                test_i18ngrep ! "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit with commit.status = yes' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status yes &&
+               test_config commit.status yes &&
                try_commit "" &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit with commit.status = no' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status no &&
+               test_config commit.status no &&
                try_commit "" &&
                test_i18ngrep ! "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --status with commit.status = yes' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status yes &&
+               test_config commit.status yes &&
                try_commit --status &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --no-status with commit.status = yes' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status yes &&
+               test_config commit.status yes &&
                try_commit --no-status &&
                test_i18ngrep ! "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --status with commit.status = no' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status no &&
+               test_config commit.status no &&
                try_commit --status &&
                test_i18ngrep "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '
 
        test_expect_success 'commit --no-status with commit.status = no' '
-               clear_config commit.status &&
-               git config commit.status no &&
+               test_config commit.status no &&
                try_commit --no-status &&
                test_i18ngrep ! "^# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
        '