Changing .gitconfig location on Windows

Question

By default on Windows Git places global .gitconfig in c:\\documents and settings\\user\\

How can I change that position so .gitconfig is stored in

Answer 1

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

c:\git>set HOME
HOME=U:\
HOMEDRIVE=U:
HOMEPATH=\

then change HOME and HOMEDRIVE by

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