Latest Update brings Github error on pull, push, or sync

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Bullfrog Software picture Bullfrog Software · Aug 21, 2019 · Viewed 23.6k times · Source

In Visual Studio 2019, we have been using the GitHub extension successfully since before release. Now, all of the sudden, when we push, pull, or sync, we receive the following in the Output window:

Warning: 'C:\ProgramData/Git/config' has a dubious owner: '(unknown)'.
For security reasons, it is therefore ignored.
To fix this, please transfer ownership to an admininstrator.

Answer

Chris Dueck picture Chris Dueck · Aug 23, 2019

You should check if 'C:\ProgramData/Git/config' actually exists. If it doesn't you can just create it and paste the following into the file:

[core]
    symlinks = false
    autocrlf = true
    fscache = true
[color]
    diff = auto
    status = auto
    branch = auto
    interactive = true
[help]
    format = html
[rebase]
    autosquash = true

This worked for me.

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