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We have few private repositories for our projects that I use all the time. But all of a sudden since yesterday I can't seem to pull or push for one particular repo.

When I am trying to pull/push, this is the error message I am getting: fatal: bad config value for 'core.hidedotfiles' in .git/config And this is what I found in the .git/config file (which I never mess around):

    [core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = false
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
symlinks = false
ignorecase = true
hideDotFiles = dotGitOnly
    [remote "origin"]
url = https://github.com/CompanyNane/repo.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
    [branch "master"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/master

After comparing this file with my other projects' .git/config files, I noticed this one somehow had the extra hideDotFiles = dotGitOnly line in it. So I removed that line and tried to pull without success: 

  error: error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /bin/curl-ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none
  while accessing https://github.com/CompanyNane/repo.git/info/refs

  fatal: HTTP request failed

Then I tried this suggested solution but got yet another error message: 

  error: error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_item_verify:unknown message digest algorithm while accessing https://github.com/CompanyNane/repo.git/info/refs

  fatal: HTTP request failed

I have already...

  • deleted the repo from my machine and cloned it again (& the .git/config file still has the hideDotFiles = dotGitOnly line. Yesterday i asked my colleagues if they can pull/push to the repo...and they can. not making any sense to me)
  • re-installed my Git

and repeated the above steps, but that didn't solve the problem. Now I am totally confused and need help! How can I fix this issue? Even after I never messed around these config files, I am just confused how did the file got altered?!

BTW, I usually use one of the following applications to commit my changes to the repository...

  • GitBash
  • GitHub GUI
  • Windows PowerShell
  • and as you might have guessed already, I am using Windows 7 :)

I appreciate your time and help!!

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hidedotfile doesn't seem to be part of a regular config file, which explains your first error message.

It is best to try and clone again (in a different path) the repo, instead of dealing with a possible corrupted local config file (.git/config)

If you clone it again... and the local config is still incorrect, one explanation is because of a TEMPLATE DIRECTORY in place, which would copy on git init (or git clone). Check if you don't have, for instance, an environment variable GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR defined.

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  • Thank you VonC for your reply. I forgot to mention that i already tried what you have suggested and looks like that .git/config file also has the "hidedotfile" in it. I am just surprised how my other colleagues are able to pull/push w/ this confiq and I can't :/ – AlwaysANovice May 30 '14 at 08:51
  • @Walahh Ok, I have edited the answer to address that. – VonC May 30 '14 at 09:51
  • i know it sounds very dumb, but i don't know where this `GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR` is defined and what to do with it! also, now i am having issue with my SSH.rb file :( I am just going to reinstall EVERYTHING (ruby, devKit, git, vagrant, virtualBox, etc) & hope everything starts working again magically :) will let you know if that fixes my issue or not, otherwise will keep bugging you :P Thank you for ur time and help!! – AlwaysANovice May 30 '14 at 17:35
  • @Wal it is an environment variable – VonC May 30 '14 at 17:46