git clone fatal: cannot create work tree dir permission denied

Question

so I'm trying to clone a repository from git, into a folder i know I have write access in.

I'm trying to clone it using IntelliJ's built in VCS capabilities, and the git bash program from git-scm.com Both of them return the following error:

fatal: could not create work tree dir '<repo name>' : 
Permission denied

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Use sudo

sudo git clone <url>