"fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)" from git status

Question

This command works to get the files and compile them:

git clone a-valid-git-url

for example:

git clone git://cfdem.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/cfdem/liggghts

However, git status (or any other git command) then gives the above fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories) error.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You have to actually cd into the directory first:

$ git clone git://cfdem.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/cfdem/liggghts
Cloning into 'liggghts'...
remote: Counting objects: 3005, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2141/2141), done.
remote: Total 3005 (delta 1052), reused 2714 (delta 827)
Receiving objects: 100% (3005/3005), 23.80 MiB | 2.22 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1052/1052), done.

$ git status
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
$ cd liggghts/
$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Answer 2

I just got this message and there is a very simple answer before trying the others. At the parent directory, type git init

This will initialize the directory for git. Then git add and git commit should work.

Answer 3

In my case, was an environment variable GIT_DIR, which I added to access faster.

This also broke all my local repos in SourceTree :(

Answer 4

Sometimes its because of ssh. So you can use this:

git clone https://cfdem.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/cfdem/liggghts

instead of:

git clone git://cfdem.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/cfdem/liggghts

Answer 5

in my case, i had the same problem while i try any git -- commands (eg git status) using windows cmd. so what i do is after installing git for window https://windows.github.com/ in the environmental variables, add the class path of the git on the "PATH" varaiable. usually the git will installed on C:/user/"username"/appdata/local/git/bin add this on the PATH in the environmental variable

and one more thing on the cmd go to your git repository or cd to where your clone are on your window usually they will be stored on the documents under github

cd Document/Github/yourproject

after that you can have any git commands

Answer 6

git clone https://github.com/klevamane/projone.git
Cloning into 'projone'...
remote: Counting objects: 81, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (66/66), done.
remote: Total 81 (delta 13), reused 78 (delta 13), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (81/81), done.

you have to "cd projone"

then you can check status.

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One reason why this was difficult to notice at first, i because you created a folder with the same name already in your computer and that was where you cloned the project into, so you have to change directory again

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Answer 7

I had another problem. I was in a git directory, but got there through a symlink. I had to go into the directory directly (i.e. not through the symlink) then it worked fine.

Answer 8

This error got resolved when I tried initialising the git using git init . It worked

Answer 9

If Existing Project Solution is planned to move on TSF in VS Code:

open Terminal and run following commands:

1. Initialize git in that folder (root Directory)

   git init

2. Add Git

   git add .

3. Link your TSf/Git to that Project - {url} replace with your git address

   git remote add origin {url}

4. Commit those Changes:

   git commit -m "initial commit"

5. Push - I pushed code as version1 you can use any name for your branch

   git push origin HEAD:Version1

Answer 10

In my case, the original repository was a bare one.

So, I had to type (in windows):

mkdir   dest
cd dest
git init
git remote add origin a\valid\yet\bare\repository
git pull origin master

To check if a repository is a bare one:

git rev-parse --is-bare-repository 

Answer 11

Simply, after you clone the repo you need to cd (change your current directory) to the new cloned folder

git clone https://[email protected]/Repo_Name.git

cd Repo_Name