[WinError 123] The syntax for filename, directory name, or volume label is incorrect: ''

I try to install pre-commit with the manual from pre-commit.com.

At step 3 I get the following error message on a Windows 10 machine:

[WinError 123] The syntax for filename, directory name, or volume label is incorrect: ''

.pre-commit-config.yaml

# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
repos:
-   repo: https://server/Sandbox/Repo/_git/Repo
    rev: v2.4.0
    hooks:
    -   id: trailing-whitespace
    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
    -   id: check-added-large-files

error information

An unexpected error has occurred: OSError: [WinError 123] Die Syntax für den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnamen oder die Datenträgerbezeichnung ist falsch: ''

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\user\programme\python\python37-32\lib\site-packages\pre_commit\error_handler.py", line 72, in error_handler
    yield
  File "c:\user\programme\python\python37-32\lib\site-packages\pre_commit\main.py", line 294, in main
    _adjust_args_and_chdir(args)
  File "c:\user\programme\python\python37-32\lib\site-packages\pre_commit\main.py", line 125, in _adjust_args_and_chdir
    os.chdir(git.get_root())
OSError: [WinError 123] Die Syntax für den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnamen oder die Datenträgerbezeichnung ist falsch: ''

–version Python 3.7.3 pre-commit 1.20.0

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asottilecommented, Nov 18, 2019

The next release (probably v1.20.1 when I have some time to release) will include a better error message for this:

$ pre-commit install
An error has occurred: FatalError: git toplevel unexpectedly empty! make sure you are not inside the `.git` directory of your repository.
Check the log at /home/asottile/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log

I’m also seeing if I can fix this from the git side, since the behaviour seems quite strange!

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asottilecommented, Jan 2, 2020

This has been released as part of v1.21.0 (it was also fixed in git 1.24 I believe) – thanks again for the issue 🎉!

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