diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 58c8b0abda..e9956574fe 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static char term = '\n';
 static int use_global_config, use_system_config, use_local_config;
 static int use_worktree_config;
 static struct git_config_source given_config_source;
-static int actions, type;
+static int type;
 static char *default_value;
 static int end_nul;
 static int respect_includes_opt = -1;
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static struct config_options config_options;
 static int show_origin;
 static int show_scope;
 static int fixed_value;
-static const char *comment_arg;
 
 #define ACTION_GET (1<<0)
 #define ACTION_GET_ALL (1<<1)
@@ -772,33 +771,6 @@ static void handle_nul(void) {
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-origin", &show_origin, N_("show origin of config (file, standard input, blob, command line)")), \
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-scope", &show_scope, N_("show scope of config (worktree, local, global, system, command)"))
 
-static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
-	CONFIG_LOCATION_OPTIONS,
-	OPT_GROUP(N_("Action")),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get", &actions, N_("get value: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-regexp", &actions, N_("get values for regexp: name-regex [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-urlmatch", &actions, N_("get value specific for the URL: section[.var] URL"), ACTION_GET_URLMATCH),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "replace-all", &actions, N_("replace all matching variables: name value [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "add", &actions, N_("add a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unset", &actions, N_("remove a variable: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_UNSET),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("remove all matches: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
-	OPT_CMDMODE('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
-	OPT_CMDMODE('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-color", &actions, N_("find the color configured: slot [<default>]"), ACTION_GET_COLOR),
-	OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-colorbool", &actions, N_("find the color setting: slot [<stdout-is-tty>]"), ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL),
-	CONFIG_TYPE_OPTIONS,
-	CONFIG_DISPLAY_OPTIONS,
-	OPT_GROUP(N_("Other")),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "default", &default_value, N_("value"), N_("with --get, use default value when missing entry")),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "comment", &comment_arg, N_("value"), N_("human-readable comment string (# will be prepended as needed)")),
-	OPT_BOOL(0, "fixed-value", &fixed_value, N_("use string equality when comparing values to 'value-pattern'")),
-	OPT_BOOL(0, "includes", &respect_includes_opt, N_("respect include directives on lookup")),
-	OPT_END(),
-};
-
 static int cmd_config_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct option opts[] = {
@@ -1059,12 +1031,40 @@ static int cmd_config_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 static int cmd_config_actions(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	const char *comment_arg = NULL;
+	int actions = 0;
+	struct option opts[] = {
+		CONFIG_LOCATION_OPTIONS,
+		OPT_GROUP(N_("Action")),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get", &actions, N_("get value: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-regexp", &actions, N_("get values for regexp: name-regex [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-urlmatch", &actions, N_("get value specific for the URL: section[.var] URL"), ACTION_GET_URLMATCH),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "replace-all", &actions, N_("replace all matching variables: name value [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "add", &actions, N_("add a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unset", &actions, N_("remove a variable: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_UNSET),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("remove all matches: name [<value-pattern>]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
+		OPT_CMDMODE('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
+		OPT_CMDMODE('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-color", &actions, N_("find the color configured: slot [<default>]"), ACTION_GET_COLOR),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "get-colorbool", &actions, N_("find the color setting: slot [<stdout-is-tty>]"), ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL),
+		CONFIG_TYPE_OPTIONS,
+		CONFIG_DISPLAY_OPTIONS,
+		OPT_GROUP(N_("Other")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "default", &default_value, N_("value"), N_("with --get, use default value when missing entry")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "comment", &comment_arg, N_("value"), N_("human-readable comment string (# will be prepended as needed)")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "fixed-value", &fixed_value, N_("use string equality when comparing values to 'value-pattern'")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "includes", &respect_includes_opt, N_("respect include directives on lookup")),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
 	char *value = NULL, *comment = NULL;
 	int flags = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct key_value_info default_kvi = KVI_INIT;
 
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_config_options,
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, opts,
 			     builtin_config_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
