Tyler,
If you type pwd, you'll probably find that you're off in System32 or somewhere
you don't have write permissions to. This can happen sometimes on Windows when
you first run git-bash for reasons I don't quite know how to explain, but I
have seen it before.
Typing cd ~ or just cd by itself usually puts you in your home directory.
So I think you probably either:
1. wound up in another directory at run-time of git bash
or
2. navigated to a place like / perhaps that you didn't have write permissions
to.
When teaching, usually typing cd <enter> will get all learners to their home
directory before you launch into mkdir...git init etc.
Regards,
---
Jonah Duckles
Software Carpentry, Executive Director
http://software-carpentry.org
From: Tyler Richards <[email protected]>
Reply: Tyler Richards <[email protected]>
Date: June 2, 2016 at 12:52:23 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [Discuss] Fwd: Windows permission problems
Hey all,
I'm working on the git tutorial, and when I try to create directories using
$ mkdir planets
but it says 'cannot create directory 'planets': permission denied
then I tried
$ sudo mkdir planets
and the same issue came up. Any idea how to fix? I found a temporary solution
using
$ mkdir ~/planets
but would like to know if anyone knows a more permanent solution.
best,
--
Tyler Richards
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