CocoaPods `pod install` error: cannot open FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

Question

My question is quite similar to this other [1] (but I open a new one as the accepted answer on it doesn't seem to work for me).

Put it short, when I run pod install I always get this error: [!] Pod::Executable remote update - error: cannot open FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied.

As I read that other question, I started to use RVM and actually when I run which ruby I get /Users/myuser/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby and I've double and triple checked I'm the total owner of all that installation. No root there.

As I've also read the problem may have something to do with Git, I also updated it and when I run which git I get /usr/local/git/bin/git and I'm also the total owner of that. No root there either.

In question [1], user1054503 commented he solved same problem chown'ing /Users/myuser/.cocoapods/master so I've also tried that, but nothing seems to work. So I'm basically stuck.

Any idea anyone, please?

[1] cocoaPods pod install Permission denied

Answer 1

I’m guessing it’s your cache, which is located in ~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods. Try chown’ing that as well.