could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0'

Question

I am trying to initialize a new git repo. When I execute git init in the target directory I receive the following:

error: chmod on /r/test_file_path/.git/config.lock failed: Invalid argument
fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0'

I've never run into this issue before and the solutions i've looked up appear to be odd and disjointed. I've initialized other git repos in this directory before and have never had a problem. Any thoughts what this could be?

Answer 1

Are the files synced/on your device?

Got the same error when running git in a folder containing "online" files.

After starting OneDrive git worked correctly again.