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 was facing this issue when loading a solution in Visual Studio 2017 (v15.1) running as an Administrator. And my local git repo was located in C:\Code\

To work around the problem,

1. I added an Environment Variable (under User variable) HOME with value C:\
2. Restarted Visual Studio (again as an admin) - this time Git was able to load successfully loading my branch & source control association correctly.

Answer 2

If you are using "Git Bash" (MINGW64) on Windows:

Enter:

export HOME=/c

To verify:

echo $HOME

Answer 3

This worked for me on windows 10.

My source code is in C:\workspace and I added an environment variable **HOME to C:**

Answer 4

I experienced a similar issue when not connected to my work network via VPN. Deleting the all the HOME% variables did not work. Deleting the network drive it was trying to access did work. Running the following from a command window worked for me:

net use H: /delete

As a note, I did delete the HOME% variables, but it did work until the command above was run.

Answer 5

It works for me to clear the HOME Variable "nearly" to Daniels solution:

set HOME=

To recheck you have to echo it like this:

echo %HOME%

Answer 6

For the PowerShell users out there:

Remove-Item Env:\HOMEPATH

Thank you @Daniel Hilgarth for the answer