Error during cloning project and can't unset credentials

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I found the solution for problem when I tried cloning my project its shows wrong user/password, but upon trying to unset credentials using command:

git config --system --unset credential.helper

the error exist as:

Could not lock config file C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/etc/gitconfig:Permission denied
Could not lock config file C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64/etc/gitconfig:Invalid argument

Something may have a lock on the `gitconfig` file. Have you tried restarting the bash to see if that fixes it? — Tim Biegeleisen, Jul 06 '16 at 06:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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Similar to this comment ,try and restart "C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe" as administrator.

That should allow you to modify the system git config file.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Jul 06 '16 at 07:31

VonC

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '22 at 13:27

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Though it is late, this may help someone.

In my case, admin privileges were NOT available, but luckily, restart of the IDE (intellIj) prompted for git password again.

answered Jun 23 '22 at 13:27

Praveen Dharman

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Error during cloning project and can't unset credentials

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