Registered as a Git root, but no Git repositories were found there

Question

In Android Studio, when I import a project downloaded from link,

I get an error as

"Invalide VCS root mapping" The directory C:\Users\username\Desktop\video_diary-master is registered as a Git root, but no Git repositories were found there.

Answer 1

In my situation I didn't have to work with git, I just wanted to run the project that I had downloaded and that was prompting me this error

On Android Studio 3.0 I clicked on Configure in the popup window appeared on the bottom right corner

This automatically opened a window [accessible as well through File->Settings] on Version Control tab. I selected the first item in the bigger list and I removed it clicking on the red minus sign

After this the error should disappear

Answer 2

There is a .idea folder within the repository which shouldn't be there. Inside it are vcs related files which might contain a path not on your PC.

Make sure there is a .git folder within the project fold er on your PC. If not then you'll have to clone the project properly if you need the vcs tools enabled. Here's a link on how to do that: Git Basics, search for Cloning an Existing Repository​

Then, you'll need to close Android Studio, delete the .idea folder and then open Android Studio again. It'll recreate the .idea folder and problem should be resolved.