GIT - Errors when executing git init

When executing git init in GitBash, in a Windows VM, one developer had the following errors:

1. 1st instance

    error: could not write config file //xxx/yyy/.git/config: Function not implemented
    Fatal: could not set 'core.symlinks' to false
   

2. 2nd instance

    error: could not write config file //xxx/yyy/.git/config: Function not implemented
    Fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0'
   

However, another developer in the same VM had no issues.
He is able to execute git init, git add, git commit & git push.

Please help if you had the same issues and discovered the solution.

This is usually caused by permission error.

And thus it makes sense that one developer is able to use git while the other one isn't.
Check your folder (git repository folder) permissions and verify that the given user is able to write content to this folder. (check the permissions on the given folder and its parent)

Another option (might be but less likely) is that the antivirus is blocking you from changing the folder

(to add to @CodeWizard's answer)

When creating a repo in a folder : git creates a .git/ folder at the base of the directory, and then manipulates files in this folder.

• Check if this folder is indeed created (type dir //xxx/yyy/.git in a shell for example),
• check the access permissions ("Security" tab of the Properties window) on this .git/ folder.

When Trend Micro was disabled for the VM, the error disappeared. I am not sure why some folders did not have the error when Trend Micro was enabled. So probably Trend Micro had to be configured differently.