thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/config_file.c b/src/config_file.c
index b46b0ab..c21d902 100644
--- a/src/config_file.c
+++ b/src/config_file.c
@@ -1035,12 +1035,11 @@ static int read_on_variable(
 	GIT_UNUSED(line);
 	GIT_UNUSED(line_len);
 
-	if (!current_section) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_CONFIG, "no section for key: %s", var_name);
-		return -1;
+	if (current_section) {
+		git_buf_puts(&buf, current_section);
+		git_buf_putc(&buf, '.');
 	}
-	git_buf_puts(&buf, current_section);
-	git_buf_putc(&buf, '.');
+
 	for (c = var_name; *c; c++)
 		git_buf_putc(&buf, git__tolower(*c));