This appears to work fine:

>>>reader=repo_instance.config_reader()>>>reader.sections()['filter "lfs"','core','user']

However, these do not:

>>>reader.items('user')NoSectionError:"No section: 'user'">>>reader.items_all('user')KeyError:'user'

I've confirmed the section exists in the repo's local.git/config as follows:

[user]        name = pushfoo        email = 36696816+pushfoo@users.noreply.github.com

If this is due to misuse on my part, please let me know how. I'd be willing to try to make a PR to do the following:

1. Make the exceptions more consistent
2. Update relevant doc to be clearer
3. Fix underlying bugs

Depending on how far down into git's internals I need to go, the last option may require some guidance from project leads.

EDIT: Version info: