title: bad config line 1 .gitconfig
body: <p>Obligatory mention that I am new to git</p>
  
  <p>I cannot get anything to work in my macOS terminal in regards to git and everything I do returns the same error</p>
  
  <p>I have tried to find my <code>.git/config</code> file to delete it because that's what others have suggested and nothing else seems to work. </p>
  
  <p>I have tried several commands that others have answered in the questions similar to mine, including <code>git config --global --edit</code>, <code>git config --list --show-origin</code>, and restating my <code>user.name</code> and <code>user.email</code>. </p>
  
  <p>Everything that I attempt returns the </p>
  
  <pre><code>error: "fatal: bad config line 1 in file /Users/myName/.gitconfig
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