Trouble setting up git with my GitHub Account error: could not lock config file

Question

I\'m getting this error when trying to set the global config:

$ git config --global user.name \"Your Name Here\"
error: could not lock config file /pathto/fi         


        

Answer 1

I am old to the party but may be this will help some one. Thanks to @paperclip

In Windows 10:

Step 1: Go to This PC > Right click Properties

step 2: Click Advanced System Settings and click Environment Variables

Step 3: Under System Variables create new variable called HOME and input the value as %USERPROFILE% like below

Step 4: Important You must restart your PC to take effect

Step 5: Install Git for Windows now and optional Tortoise Git for windows if you prefer.

Make a git clone request or try pushing something in to your repo. Magic it will work. All should work fine now.