Error cannot stat upon git pull

Question

I tried to perform a git pull from a remote branch with the following command:

$ git pull origin branch_name username@private_repository's password: From ssh://private_repository/path/project  * tag               branch_name       -> FETCH_HEAD error: cannot stat 'path/name/of/file': Permission denied error: cannot stat 'path/name/of/file': Permission denied 

But I get the following error:

error: cannot stat 'path/name/of/file': Permission denied  error: cannot stat 'path/name/of/file': Permission denied 

Does anyone know what this means and what can I do about it?

Thanks

Answer 1

For those working with:

• IntelliJ IDEA
• Visual Studio
• Notepad++

Closing the solution may resolve this error. The IDE's git tools may still have hold of the file(s) in question.

Answer 2

I've started using Atom and found it to be the issue. The Atom file tree needed to be refreshed and the git issue resolved.