cannot recover from `sudo bundle install`

Question

by mistake I ran sudo bundle install on my project and now when I run it as myself bundle install I am getting permission denied errors (below). I tried the instructions here https://github.com/bundler/bundler/blob/master/ISSUES.md#other-problems, also tried cloning my project into a fresh directory and running bundle from there, no use. Please help!

error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

Retrying git fetch --force --quiet --tags "/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b" due to error (2/3): Bundler::Source::Git::GitCommandError Git error: command `git fetch --force --quiet --tags "/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b"` in directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/bundler/gems/em-postgresql-adapter-3dfcc60378e9 has failed.
If this error persists you could try removing the cache directory '/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b'
error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

Retrying git fetch --force --quiet --tags "/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b" due to error (3/3): Bundler::Source::Git::GitCommandError Git error: command `git fetch --force --quiet --tags "/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b"` in directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/bundler/gems/em-postgresql-adapter-3dfcc60378e9 has failed.
If this error persists you could try removing the cache directory '/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b'
error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

Git error: command `git fetch --force --quiet
--tags "/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b"` in directory
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/bundler/gems/em-postgresql-adapter-3dfcc60378e9
has failed.
If this error persists you could try removing the cache directory
'/home/akonsu/.bundler/cache/git/em-postgresql-adapter-361cdc05eba5661bb17040a7a6c2a093f9c2263b'

Answer 1

I had today the same issue today in my mac. I solved it by deleting the folder ~/.bundle .

After that I run bundle install --path ~/.bundle and everything was working fine again.