Trying to edit a file using vi (VIM – Vi IMproved 9.1) from gitbash utility

I do have the following settings for fileformat (ff) to unix

$ cat ~/.vimrc
set t_vb=
set ts=4
set fileformat=unix

Inspite of that, whenever file is opened as

vi requirements.txt

I get the following error

requirements.txt[+] [dos] (01:09 07/06/2024)                                                                           3,2 All
"requirements.txt"
E1509: Error occurred when reading or writing extended attribute
"requirements.txt" [dos] 14L, 275B written
Press ENTER or type command to continue

vi is trying to open the file in dos, which should be in unix format and then there is an error E1509: Error occurred when reading or writing extended attribute

There is no special attribute for the file requirements.txt

$ ls -lrt requirements.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 abc 103 273 Jun  7 01:09 requirements.txt

Any pointers?