Git does not recognize user.name and user.mail (Windows 10)

Question

I have run into a weird situation with git in windows 10.

Although I have set my details using

git config --global user.name "My name"
git config --global user.email my@email.com

I keep getting this warning message whenever I try to commit:

Committer: "my_pc_username" <"my_pc_hostname">
Your name and email address were configured automatically based
on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate.

The the commit author is indeed set with these details instead of the ones I set.

I have also run git config with --system as well as with no option switch just to be sure. Still the message persists.

I have also checked and both the .gitconfig file in C:/Users/myuser and the config file within the repo have the following section

[user]
    name = My Name
    mail = my@email.com

Finally, whenever I check with:

git config user.name
git config --global user.name
git config --system user.name

I get the right answer (My Name). Same for user.mail.

I am using git bash 2.7.3.

I would really appreciate your help.

What are you using to perform the `git` commands? (i.e. Git Bash, Git Cmd, Cmd, etc.) — Harmelodic, Mar 17 '16 at 14:45
Isn't the GIT_CONFIG env variable set to something? (echo $GIT_CONFIG) — peterfoldi, Mar 17 '16 at 16:24
Possible duplicate of [Why Git is not allowing me to commit even after configuration?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14662526/why-git-is-not-allowing-me-to-commit-even-after-configuration) — Paul Roub, Jun 10 '16 at 13:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Your .gitconfig show a "mail" not "email" field, i think you like me falled in a duplicated of this

the right field is "email" perhaps you like me mistyped it when issued the command

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jun 10 '16 at 13:14

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