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Development Tools Git Basics Merging Basic Merging

gregory gordon
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gregory gordon
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gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Points

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git happened when i started the launch console.

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

happened when i started the launch console.And dont know what to do to keep up with the video.

2 Answers

Cindy Michalowski
Cindy Michalowski
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Cindy Michalowski
Cindy Michalowski
9,405 Points

I had the same issue. I finished the previous lesson, closed the console, and then when I opened a new instance of the console I got the following error: "fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git"

In the context of this project, I got this error because I was running "git branch" from my home directory when I should have been running "git branch" from the my_really_cool_project/ repository. The following worked for me:

cd my_really_cool_project/
git branch
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

Just close the window and start a new window.