fatal: unable to access 'H:\/.config/git/config': Invalid argument [Git on Windows 7]

Question

I get this error when opening a git repository:

fatal: unable to access \'H:/.config/git/config\': Invalid argument

Where in git is this path being pulled from?<

Answer 1

Set HOME var in 'User variable for ' (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System\ => Advanced system settings\Advanced\Env variables)

It resolved my issue.

Answer 2

Make sure, in a command line window:

• HOME is indeed not set: type set HOME, which would return its value if any

• the issue persists with the latest msysgit distribution (1.9.0): unzip that archive anywhere, and call git with its full path:

  c/mydir/PortableGit-1.9.0-preview20140217/bin/git.exe --global -l
  

Answer 3

net delete is not a must.

First check HOME setting, then change HOME and HOMEDRIVE to a existing dir.

c:\git\selenium-automation>set HOME
HOME=U:\
HOMEDRIVE=U:
HOMEPATH=\
HOMESHARE=\\XX

then change HOME and HOMEDRIVE by

set HOME=c:\tmp
set HOMEDRIVE=C:

c:\git\selenium-automation>set HOME

HOME=c:\tmp
HOMEDRIVE=c:
HOMEPATH=\
HOMESHARE=\\XX

Answer 4

If you'll check your GIT installation path /git/etc/profile you'll see HOME variable set as:
HOME="$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH"

For this I created HOME variable in my Environment variables and it started working.

Answer 5

My situation was that I ran git checkout <branch> and I had fatal: unable to access 'H://.gitconfig': Invalid argument. Then I run set HOME and had no results. The following steps solved the issue

1. ^{_{change SSH keys}}
2. ^{_{restart the computer}}
3. find .gitconfig (should be in the root of H:// or whatever drive name you have)
4. open it with Notepad++ (or other editor) and save as is. If it is empty, then save empty one
5. then git checkout master started working

If it happned once again, I would start from step 3 :-)

Answer 6

As some people are saying this seems to be an issue with HomeDrive and HomePath when using network drives.

For me this was solved by running my git commands as admin.