sect2">
<h3 id="_system">System</h3>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>HOME</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Specifies the path to the user&#8217;s home directory. On Windows, if
unset, Git will set a process environment variable equal to:
<code>$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH</code> if both <code>$HOMEDRIVE</code> and <code>$HOMEPATH</code> exist;
otherwise <code>$USERPROFILE</code> if <code>$USERPROFILE</code> exists.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_the_git_repository">The Git Repositor