Git Error "fatal: invalid branch name: init.defaultBranch ="

Question

I getting this error when ever I do git clone

Error :- fatal: invalid branch name: init.defaultBranch =

Tried to reinstall git (latest)

Still same error

OS :- Windows

Answer 1

It would appear that you have experimented with the new (2.28) init.defaultBranch configuration value.

Assign it a proper value:

git config --global init.defaultBranch main 

Answer 2

Got it

Enter this in terminal

git config --global init.defaultBranch master