title: cygwin and windows git - path confusion
body: <p>I need help to use git installed under windows to work well from cygwin shell.</p>
  
  <p>I see that git is not interpreting path well when invoked under cygwin shell.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git --version
  git version 1.8.0.msysgit.0
  
  $ git config --global --add user.name miten.mehta
  
  error: could not lock config file D:\software\cygwin\home\Miten Mehta/.gitconfig: Permission denied
  </code></pre>