The environment variable HOME is not set. The following directory will be used to store the Git user global configuration and to define the default location to store repositories: ‘C:\Users\myusername’. If this is not correct please set the HOME environment variable and restart Eclipse.

Published: 4 March 2013
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Setting up the Home Directory on Windows

Add the environment variable HOME to your environment variables.

  1. In Windows 7, type “environment” at the start menu
  2. Select “Edit environment variables for your account”
  3. Click the “New” button.
  4. Enter “HOME” in the name field
  5. Enter “%USERPROFILE%” or some other path in the value field.
  6. Click OK, and OK again. You have just added the Home directory on Windows.

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EGit needs this path for looking up the user configuration (.gitconfig). HOME should point to your home directory e.g. C:\Users\Tom. Ensure correct case! E.g. C:\users instead of C:\Users may cause problems!

If the HOME variable is not defined the home directory will be calculated by concatenating HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH.

If both HOME and HOMEDRIVE are not defined HOMESHARE will be used.

EGit shows a warning if HOME is not defined explicitly. Keep in mind that if you set the HOME environment variable while Eclipse is running, you will still see following warning. You will have to restart Eclipse for it to recognize the HOME value.

Ref: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide