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

git-config-fatal-line-1.md

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...

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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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#dsmith73

The current iam using Git in powershell

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Unfortunately, I can't assist you much with Git and PowerShell.

But it does look like your potential issue is identified inside your error message

warning: adding embedded git repository: .vscode
hint: You've added another git repository inside your current repository.
hint: Clones of the outer repository will not contain the contents of
hint: the embedded repository and will not know how to obtain it.
hint: If you meant to add a submodule, use:
hint:
hint: git submodule add .vscode
hint:
hint: If you added this path by mistake, you can remove it from the
hint: index with:
hint:
hint: git rm --cached .vscode
hint:
hint: See "git help submodule" for more information.

and, it tells you where to go to figure out how to fix it.

Thanks, it helped. 🙏

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