Installing git on Windows 10, unable to access .gitconfig

Question

I'm new to git, and i'm trying to install git 2.9.2 from here. In the installation (the last of the many) i chose to run it from bash only. I now try to set it up, and the first thing i try is to set my name with

$ git config --global user.name "My Name"

But after i execute this, i get:

fatal: unable to access 'C:\Program Files\Git\ C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile/.config/git/config': Invalid argument

Let's say that i now want to clone a repository. I insert something like:

git clone https://[email protected]/team/repo.git

But i get:

fatal: unable to access 'D:\TestRepo\ C:\Users\username/.config/git/config': Invalid argument

I thought that the .gitconfig file should be inside the C:/Users/username directory, but it tries to locate C:\Users\username/.config/git/config, which seems a little weird. My HOME variable is %USERPROFILE%, as it should. Any help appreciated.

Solution

Ok i guess my lack of knowledge over basic things made me look stupid...

I just had to delete the HOME environmental variable and all worked like charm. I don't even remember why i had a HOME variable set (isn't that a linux thing?)

Anyway thank you for your time guys.