Error: error converting ".git" to absolute: EvalSymlinks: too many links

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) Attempted push operation

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) push operation success, no error message

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
Push operation failed with error message:
Error: error converting ".git" to absolute: EvalSymlinks: too many links
ref feature/feature_name:: EvalSymlinks: too many links
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://my_server_name/my_project.git'

In addition, lfs/ directory was created in project folder instead of .git folder.

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Did not expect lfs/ directory to be created in project folder. Don't expect error on push operation.

Anything else you want to add: After reading issues #4050 and #4012, attempted: `git lfs env` and got output: git-lfs/2.13.3 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.16.2; git a5e65851) git version 2.33.0.windows.2

Error: error converting ".git" to absolute: EvalSymlinks: too many links
Endpoint=https://my_server_name/my_project.git/info/lfs (auth=basic)
LocalWorkingDir=
LocalGitDir=
LocalGitStorageDir=
LocalMediaDir=lfs\objects
LocalReferenceDirs=
TempDir=lfs\tmp
ConcurrentTransfers=8
TusTransfers=false
BasicTransfersOnly=false
SkipDownloadErrors=false
FetchRecentAlways=false
FetchRecentRefsDays=7
FetchRecentCommitsDays=0
FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true
PruneOffsetDays=3
PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false
PruneRemoteName=origin
LfsStorageDir=lfs
AccessDownload=basic
AccessUpload=basic
DownloadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file
UploadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file
GIT_EXEC_PATH=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core
git config filter.lfs.process = "git-lfs filter-process"
git config filter.lfs.smudge = "git-lfs smudge -- %f"
git config filter.lfs.clean = "git-lfs clean -- %f"

Realized that project was in Box drive folder, set to keep local copy, but based on issues #4050 and #4012, decided to try moving project to a different local location. I copied entire project directory our of Box folder, then re-ran `git lfs env` and got output: git-lfs/2.13.3 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.16.2; git a5e65851) git version 2.33.0.windows.2

Endpoint=https://git.elsys.gtri.org/scm/tads/tads-suite-test-plan.git/info/lfs (auth=basic) LocalWorkingDir=C:\Users\username\myProject LocalGitDir=C:\Users\username\myProject\.git LocalGitStorageDir=C:\Users\username\myProject\.git LocalMediaDir=C:\Users\username\myProject\.git\lfs\objects LocalReferenceDirs= TempDir=C:\Users\username\myProject\.git\lfs\tmp ConcurrentTransfers=8 TusTransfers=false BasicTransfersOnly=false SkipDownloadErrors=false FetchRecentAlways=false FetchRecentRefsDays=7 FetchRecentCommitsDays=0 FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true PruneOffsetDays=3 PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false PruneRemoteName=origin LfsStorageDir=C:\Users\username\myProject\.git\lfs AccessDownload=basic AccessUpload=basic DownloadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file UploadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file GIT_EXEC_PATH=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core git config filter.lfs.process = "git-lfs filter-process" git config filter.lfs.smudge = "git-lfs smudge -- %f" git config filter.lfs.clean = "git-lfs clean -- %f"

Noticed that LocalGitDir looked correct and was no longer blank. Re-tried `git push` from new project location and push operation succeeded.

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[System Info] git version: git version 2.33.0.windows.2 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 8735530946cced809cc6cc4c2ca3b078cdb3dfc8 sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon uname: Windows 10.0 19042 compiler info: gnuc: 10.3 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): <unset>

[Enabled Hooks] post-commit post-checkout post-merge pre-push