Git Setup Fails with Error "Unable set set system config" #4604
Description
Setup
- Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
I am attempting to install Git-2.42.0.2-64-bit.exe.
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.42.0.windows.2
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 2f819d1670fff9a1818f63b6722e9959405378e3
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
- Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
$ cmd.exe /c ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.4252]
- What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
defaults?
# One of the following:
> type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt
Editor Option: Notepad++
Custom Editor Path:
Default Branch Option: master
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: WinSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: ConHost
Git Pull Behavior Option: Rebase
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled
Enable Pseudo Console Support: Disabled
Enable FSMonitor: Disabled
- Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
to the issue you're seeing?
In my environment I do have GIT_CONFIG and GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL environment variables set. They are both set to C:\Users\msitt\.gitconfig.
Details
- Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other
N/A
- What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
this will help us understand the issue.
Run the installer and choose any custom option.
- What did you expect to occur after running these commands?
The setup completes and options are set successfully.
- What actually happened instead?
The setup errors every time it tries to set the custom options. There is a popup for each option with an error. For instance, the first one states:
Unable to set system config "diff.astextplain.textconv":="astextplain": exit code 129
stderr:
error: only one config file at a time
usage: git config [<options>]
...
- If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
URL to that repository to help us with testing?
N/A