Can't find ~/.gitconfig in 2.52.0.windows.1

[esd-thg]

Is this a real bug or just my machine?

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
I have ~/.gitconfig with:

[user]
	name = test

Run: git config --global user.name

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
I was expecting to get: test

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
I get a blank result

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
The difference is that I was expecting to the the user.name value from my global .gitconfig.
But I got a blank result.

Anything else you want to add:
When I run I get an error:

git config --global user
error: key does not contain a section: user

Seems there's an issue with finding the global config.

This issue started when I updated from git version 2.51.0.windows.1 to git version 2.52.0.windows.1

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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.52.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 2912d8e
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
rust: disabled
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.17.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.4 30 Sep 2025
zlib: 1.3.1
SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
default-ref-format: files
default-hash: sha1
uname: Windows 10.0 22631
compiler info: gnuc: 15.2
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell):

[Enabled Hooks]
not run from a git repository - no hooks to show

[dscho]

Hmm. What does git config -l --global show?

[esd-thg]

hmm, very strange

git config -l --global
fatal: unable to read config file 'Z://.gitconfig': No such file or directory

I updated git via winget upgrade git.git