fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

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When I tried to push an existing repository on github.com, and it when I entered the command the website prompted me to put into the terminal, I got this error message fatal:

Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

If anyone could help me with this, then that would be great, thanks.

Are you sure you are CD'd into a git repository directory or subdirectory in your terminal? — jraede, Dec 06 '13 at 00:13
This can also happen if you exported your `CDPATH` environment variable, and one of the sub-directories of a repo happens to be named same as another non-repo-subdir under one of the paths in your `CDPATH`. Sounds crazy, but that wasted hours of my time recently before solving it. — MarkHu, Jun 16 '17 at 00:09
similiar solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4630704/git-receiving-fatal-not-a-git-repository-when-attempting-to-remote-add-a-git — CuriousDev, May 21 '21 at 07:24

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The command has to be entered in the directory of the repository. The error is complaining that your current directory isn't a git repo

Are you in the right directory? Does typing ls show the right files?
Have you initialized the repository yet? Typed git init? (git-init documentation)

Either of those would cause your error.

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I got this error when I opened the gitshell and typed the command --> git remote add origin https://github.com/ascenttech/Hst.git Any suggestions – Sagar Devanga May 14 '15 at 11:55
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I just wanted to add that the error appears even if we are in the correct directory and the repository has been initialized, in case we accidentally delete or pamper with the .git folder. – Lazarus Rising Oct 28 '16 at 14:19
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I had not done "git init" it resolved – Bhupinder Jan 05 '17 at 03:05
@Freya: that seems to be the case for me, since `.git` exists and all. What do you suggest is the best way to solve this problem in that situation? – Hassan Baig Jan 29 '17 at 12:02
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In my case I had changed by mistake the permissions of the files in .git – IsidroGH Aug 16 '17 at 15:51
I had .gitignore and just rename it _.gitignore in rails app – Nezir Aug 30 '17 at 16:11
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I was getting this error and it turned out to be the permissions set on the .git directory itself. Was 660 .. updated to 770 and everything worked fine. – Neal Garrett Feb 01 '18 at 16:44
My .git-folder was in the recycle-bin , lol – hellogoodnight Oct 28 '18 at 11:18
Using ```cd path\of\your\repository``` in Windows before running the command fixed it for me – PeJota Dec 08 '21 at 17:03

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

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