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fatal: bad config line 1 in file .git/config
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fatal: bad config line 1 in file .git/config

When I receive this error, the fix is to:

rm -rf .git

Then, I can git init again, with a clean initialization, and it works...

If the solution above doesn't work

Another solution that I found for this is:

  • open .git/config file
  • clear all the NULL values in the file
  • save and close the file
  • git add .
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mhotep commented Sep 21, 2024

It works. Thank you. Nulls were there, but not there.

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