Re: Location of git config on Windows

From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 17, 2014, 22:01 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPQNSZDizccths0b_RZ5FXYYq=+4_2N35DMj9h4Rha_2voekw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ygfvbpqooog.fsf@corbe.net>

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Daniel Corbe <corbe@corbe.net> wrote:

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> I installed git on my Windows machine while it was connected to my
> corporate network.  It picked up on that fact and used a mapped drive to
> store its configuration file.
>
> As a result, I cannot currently use git when disconnected from my
> network.  It throws the following error message: fatal: unable to access
> 'Z:\/.config/git/config': Invalid argument
>
> Obviously this value is stored in the registry somewhere because I made
> an attempt to uninstall and reinstall git with the same results.
>
> Can someone give me some guidance here?

Git looks for the per-user configuration in $HOME/.gitconfig, and if $HOME is not set, it falls back to $HOMEDIR/$HOMEPATH/.gitconfig. My guess would be some of these environment variables are incorrectly set on your system.