Git bash on windows: cannot read property 'get' of undefined

[MartinMuzatko]

Currently I get this error when running git-cz on a windows system:

Martin Muzatko@martin MINGW64 ~/dev/bitbucket/sicon (docker)
$ npx git-cz
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\Users\Martin'
TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
    at errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205:18)
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:83:20
    at cb (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:224:22)
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:262:24
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:81:7
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:80:13
    at f (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\once\once.js:25:25)
    at afterExtras (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:178:20)
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:47:53
    at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:170:21)
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205
  if (npm.config.get('json')) {
                 ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
    at process.errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205:18)
    at process.emit (events.js:180:13)
    at process._fatalException (bootstrap_node.js:431:27)
Install for prefix@latest failed with code 7
C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\bin\git-cz.js
The system cannot find the path specified.
×  fatal                        Error: Could not find Git root folder.
    at createState (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:202:11)
    at main (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:105:19)
    at Object.2../createState (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:158:1)
    at o (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:327)
    at r (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:493)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Martin Muzatko\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:522)
    at Module._compile (module.js:649:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:660:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:561:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:501:12)

[MartinMuzatko]

the problem is that the path is cut off at the space. the path should be "Martin Muzatko" instead

[dmcclurealinta]

Getting the same issue here, but there is no space in our paths, this is running on windows with gitbash as the shell, WSL on the other hand is fine.

$ git-cz
The system cannot find the path specified.
×  fatal     Error: Could not find Git root folder.
    at createState (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:202:11)
    at main (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:105:19)
    at Object.2../createState (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:158:1)
    at o (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:327)
    at r (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:493)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\GITHUBPROJECT\node_modules\git-cz\dist\cli.js:1:522)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)

[jimthedev]

I don't have this environment available to me but would love a PR if anyone has time to look into it.

[bechar-ce]

May be below steps help you out for the issue...
clean cache with
npm cache clean --force
install the latest version of npm globally as admin:

npm install -g npm@latest --force
clean cache with

npm cache clean --force
Try to install your component once again.

After the above steps, you follow. Please fire the below commands.
commitizen init cz-conventional-changelog --save-dev --save-exact