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 rename the .gitconfig file as xyz.gitconfig, then git will generate a new .gitconfig file, that wokrd

Answer 2

I have "experienced" this error on Windows because my name (and hence %HOMEPATH%) contains a non ascii character (é). Either git or cmd.exe or anything else could not cope with this.

Answer 3

This is an old post, but I had this issue recently, but I solved the issue differently from everyone else here. I received the same error because I did not have permission to the $HOME path on my computer. Simply by accessing the folder via double-clicking through the folders in your files, I was prompted with boxes saying that I would gain permanent access to these folders after entering through them for the first time. After I accessed the deepest folder in my $HOME variable, the command worked.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

For me, the problem was not git config, but .git directory at my current repo was created by root and I was trying to do something with my other user. I changed the perm

Answer 6

Check if you have a .git directory in your home folder and if you don't:

mkdir ~/.git

Solved the problem in my case.