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Android Android Data Persistence Introduction to Data Persistence Introduction to the Starter Kit

Refael Ozeri
Refael Ozeri
18,274 Points
Posted by Refael Ozeri
Refael Ozeri
18,274 Points

Invalid Vcs root mapping

Hi, I recently updated my Android Studio to 0.8.9. the project mememaker used to work just fine. but now after the update it have an error. when I open the project I get :

"Invalid Vcs root mapping. The Directory C:\blabla\mememaker is registered as a Git root, but no Git repositories were found there."

how do i fix this?

(tried reinstalling my android studio, plus redownloaded the project from scratch, nothing seems to work.)

2 Answers

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

I'm sorry, I don't remember exactly how to fix this error (I have seen it). Hopefully we can get you there, though.

Go to your settings (Android Studio > Preferences on a Mac, File > Settings on Windows) and click on Version Control. Do you have any warnings and/or fixes listed there? Let us know, and link to a screenshot if you're not sure how to proceed.

Refael Ozeri
Refael Ozeri
18,274 Points
Refael Ozeri
Refael Ozeri
18,274 Points

Thank you so much for replying Ben. you did took me to my solution! under File > Settings > Version Control - I changed the Vcs settings from Git to none. problem solved. thanks :D

Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Excellent! Hope the rest is smooth for you. :)

Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
2,877 Points
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
2,877 Points

Erez,

Changing those settings made your error message go away, but it also made you use of a repository go away. You could instead have navigated into the directory via a terminal or shell and typed 'git init'. That would have converted that directory into a git repository.

Daniel Whitaker
Daniel Whitaker
10,996 Points

Which directory would you navigate to to do this?