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Thank you both, unfortunately none of these options worked.
I did get it to work though the process was a little difficult but I'll outline it here for anyone having the same issue:

  1. Edit config global by using: git config --global --edit
  2. Remove all lines under the [safe] entry, save and exit using Esc then :wg
  3. Go to the repo folder, right click and go to properties
  4. In properties go to the Security tab and click Advanced
  5. In the pop-up, set the Owner to what git expects, in my case it was the Administrator user of the computer
  6. Once you set a new owner, there will be a checkbox under the name that says Replace owner on subcontainers and objects, make sure to check it and click Apply
  7. Then c…

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