Git - fatal: Could not get current working directory?

Question

When I git clone from a repo, I get,

fatal: Could not get current working directory: No such file or directory

What do I do? I have checked the server and found that .git file exists. The server is running a Gitlab instance. I have configured ssh properly with the keys, and I've been committing & cloning for a while now without any error, and this happens all of a sudden.

FWIW, I'm doing the git clone in a bash script.

Update

This is my bash script,

for repo in $repos
do
   git clone $repo /tmp/tmpdir/
   # do stuff with /tmp/tmpdir/
   rm -rf /tmp/tmpdir/
done

for the first repo it's fine, but when the for gets into the second repo it fails and gives the above fatal error.

Does the bash script delete any directories? It sounds like you've deleted the working directory. — Andrew Stubbs
– Andrew Stubbs, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:01
Working directory is wherever the script is run from, unless that script changes directory. How are you calling the script? — Andrew Stubbs
– Andrew Stubbs, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:05
Presumably somewhere in your do stuff you cd into /tmp/tmpdir/? If so, add cd /tmp/ before your rm line. — Dave Morrissey
– Dave Morrissey, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:21
@DaveMorrissey Ridiculously awesome! I can't believe I was missing this. — ComputerFellow
– ComputerFellow, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:24

Dave Morrissey · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-05 12:27:05Z

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My guess is that somewhere in your do stuff section you change directory into /tmp/tmpdir/ so that in the next loop, the current working directory no longer exists. The fix is to change directory to /tmp/ (or anywhere really) before removing the /tmp/tmdir/ directory.

answered Aug 5, 2014 at 12:27

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thebiggestlebowski · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-11 04:36:23Z

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In my case, this was caused by issuing a "git clone" from a subdirectory of an already existing git repo. I had to cd outside of the existing repo before I could clone the new repo.

edited Jan 11, 2024 at 4:36

answered Nov 16, 2017 at 21:58

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