Git warning: unable to access 'P:\/.gitconfig': Invalid argument

Question

I am just testing git. I ran the following command:

git config user.email \"test@mail.com\"

I now get this when git status and oth

Answer 1

I experienced this error message intermittently.

The cause was a VPN connection that I used occasionally. It was blocking access to my networked HOMEDRIVE every time I used it; and git could no longer access the config file.

Clearly not the cause here because you found your solution, but I thought I'd add it here for anyone else searching.