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Android Android Tools Using Git for Android Saving to a GitHub Repository

Posted by Jeeya M
Jeeya M
16,839 Points

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

When i did git commit -m "initial commit" it showed me the error “fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)”

1 Answer

jaredcowan
jaredcowan
11,808 Points

You have to be in the directory of the project you're working on.

Jeeya M
Jeeya M
16,839 Points

i was

jaredcowan
jaredcowan
11,808 Points

Did you initialize the Git repo in that directory?