I have an interesting error that keeps coming up when using git for windows (version 2.12.0.windows.1). I recently migrated my windows profile directory from one location to another.
For some git commands I get the error:
error: could not lock config file C:/Users/<my old profile>/.influxdb/.gitconfig: No such file or directory
error: could not lock config file C:/Users/<my old profile>/.influxdb/.gitconfig: No such file or directory
Note: This error always comes up twice, for example if I try to do git config --global diff.tool p4merge
What is interesting is that this folder it's looking for doesn't exist, and if i use git config -l --show-origin to see where git is getting it's settings, it makes no mention of this path, and if I look inside any CONFIG files I can see no reference to this non-existant path.
Where is git storing a reference to this old path? I need to update it as I think this error is stopping some commands working.
I faced similar issue.
Error: could not lock config file C:/.gitconfig:
Solution: I had a system environment variable (Home= C:\ ) in my computer and it caused this issue. Deleted it and everything started working.
This was being caused by bad paths in my environment variables (due to the profile migration).
I opened up System Properties -> Environment Variables, and updated all references to C:\Users\<old_profile> with the new one.
this can be due to using multiple git account on visual studio. Check if you are logged in with correct credentials.
In WSL / bash
Use sudo to set values. This should only apply to the --system scope.
sudo git config --system diff.tool p4merge
In Cmd / PowerShell
Run as Administrator to set values. This is because the gitconfig file (probably located at: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\etc\) is protected.
Only SYSTEM and COMPUTER\Administrators have Modify rights. The rest of the ACLs have Read and Read & execute rights only.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42917131/git-error-could-not-lock-config-file-c-users-old-profile-gitconfig-no-such