Git warning: unable to access '/home/user/.gitconfig': Is a directory

Question

I am getting this error for every git command I try to run and haven't found anywhere something similar. I have found stuff like "permission denied" and other problems to access the git configurations but nothing related to this "Is a directory" warning. I don't even know if it is related to the fatal error I am getting, but it is all the information I currently have.

user@computer:~/folder$ git status
warning: unable to access '/home/user/.gitconfig': Is a directory
warning: unable to access '/home/user/.gitconfig': Is a directory
fatal: unknown error occurred while reading the configuration files

Answer 1

.gitconfig is a global configuration file of git tool. Like this, your name, email, some tools... https://gist.github.com/gokure/3488458

Not sure how you created your .gitconfig directory, but to be safe, rename it to .gitconfig_backup_dir, then git should then run flawlessly, cause git will not find $HOME/.gitconfig but will work without it flawlessly.