fatal: could not create work tree dir 'kivy'
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I'm trying to clone my fork of the kivy git, but it's not working. I've made the fork correctly, I believe, but when I type this into my Mac terminal:
> git clone https://github.com/mygitusername/kivy.git
I get this error:
> fatal: could not create work tree dir 'kivy.: Permission denied
Anyone see what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
Github Solutions
Solution 1 - Github
You should do the command in a directory where you have write permission. So:
cd ~/
mkdir code
cd code
git clone https://github.com/kivy/kivy
For example.
Solution 2 - Github
Your current directory does not has the write/create permission to create kivy directory, thats why occuring this problem.
Your current directory give 777 rights and try it.
sudo chmod 777 DIR_NAME
cd DIR_NAME
git clone https://github.com/mygitusername/kivy.git
Solution 3 - Github
In my case what happened was that the user I was using had no ownership over the directory. I simply had to change ownership of the directory to that user. For example if user is ubuntu:
chown ubuntu:ubuntu -R directory-in-question
cd directory-in-question/
git clone <git repo comes here >
Solution 4 - Github
If you are working in Windows you have to change the permissions of the directory putting full permissions or just write to let github clone the repository. The steps are:
- Go To your directory
- open properties
- go to tab "security"
- change the permissions
- apply
Solution 5 - Github
Assuming that you are using Windows, run the application as Admin.
For that, you have at least two options:
• Open the file location, right click and select "Run as Administrator".
• Using Windows Start menu, search for "Git Bash", and you will find the following:
Then, just press "Run as Administrator".
Solution 6 - Github
For other Beginners (like myself) If you are on windows running git as admin also solves the problem.
Solution 7 - Github
I had the same error on Debian and all I had to do was:
sudo su
and then run the command again and it worked.
Solution 8 - Github
The directory in which you are trying to write the file or taking the clone of git repository, it does not has the write permission. That's why this problem is occurring.
Please change the write permission of directory.
Then clone the repository.
Solution 9 - Github
If you are working on a mac, then this is probably because you don't have permission to write to the directory. When I had this issue, I followed the following steps:
- Opened the folder in finder -> right-click -> get info -> click on the lock on the bottom right of the pop up window, enter admin password -> then change the Sharing and Permissions to Read and Write for wheel, and everyone -> click lock again to save
Solution 10 - Github
This does happened also when you are cloning a repo without selecting any working directory. just make sure you did cd into your working directory and i believe it will work just fine.
Solution 11 - Github
You need to ensure you are in a directory in which you have write permission. This might not be the directory in which Git is in once you open the terminal. In my case (Widows 10) I had to use the cd command to change the directory to the root directory (C:) After that it worked just fine.
Solution 12 - Github
All you need to do is Run your terminal as Administrator. in my case, that's how I solve my problem.
Solution 13 - Github
sudo chmod 777 DIR_NAME
cd DIR_NAME
git clone https://github.com/mygitusername/kivy.git
should work fine