In Node 9.5.0, generating new project reports an error

Just installed Node 9.5.0 and ran the ng new hello command. It finished with the following error:

error: could not expand include path '~/.gitcinclude'
fatal: bad config line 49 in file /usr/local/git/etc/gitconfig
Project 'hello' successfully created.

I use CLI 1.7.0, and tried using both npm and yarn as a global package manager - the same error.

After deleting node_modules in the newly generated project, both npm i and yarn install successfully complete.

Also, when using ng new hello --skip-git, the project generation completes without errors.

Expected behavior: The ng new hello should complete without errors

[ramki982]

I faced the same issue like @yfain

I had to follow the steps suggested in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36908041/git-could-not-expand-include-path-gitcinclude-fatal-bad-config-file-line

I did the changes to the gitconfig file located at /usr/local/git/etc/gitconfig

Under the [core] heading :
excludesfile = ~/.gitignore     
change to....
excludesfile = /Users/<my username>/.gitignore

and under [include] heading :
path = ~/.gitcinclude
change to...
path = /Users/<my username>/.gitcinclude

That did the trick

thanks Ram

[rafa-as]

@yfain I have the same environment but all works properly.

Angular CLI: 1.7.0
Node: 9.5.0
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 5.2.5