Trouble setting up git with my GitHub Account error: could not lock config file

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Solution

A bit like in "Trouble setting up Tower with my GitHub Account - error: could not lock config file", check how that `~/.gitconfig` file has been created. Ie: with which rights associated to it?

Make also sure your `$HOME` variable is correctly set when you are executing the `git config --global` command.

Problem

I'm getting this error when trying to set the global config: ``` $ git config --global user.name "Your Name Here" error: could not lock config file /pathto/file/.gitconfig: No such file or directory ``` and the file .gitconfig is already exists, anyone have any ideas??

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