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[Git] Unable access xxx: Is a directory

When I run git status, it shows the below error

warning: unable to access '/etc/gitconfig': Is a directory
warning: unable to access '/etc/gitconfig': Is a directory
warning: unable to access '/etc/gitconfig': Is a directory

The solution is to remove /etc/gitconfig. The target /etc/gitconfig might be varied from each case. With the below command, all can be solved.

sudo rmdir /etc/gitconfig

The reason that the problem suddenly pops up is because I ran a experiment docker command something like docker run --rm -v /etc/gitconfig:/etc/gitconfig ..... So the /etc/gitconfig is created.


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