Yep, it should be added to the "Getting ready" section, similarly to what we do in the rest of the lessons. I've just filed an issue [1].
In the meantime, as others said, the best is doing: $ cd && cd Desktop $ mkdir planets instead of just: $ mkdir planets This changes first to the home directory and then to the Desktop, and works in all OS (in fact, we do this in all lessons, but somehow forgot to add it here...) Best, Ivan [1] https://github.com/swcarpentry/git-novice/issues/275 On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Steve Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > What directory were you in when you were trying the mkdir command? (I.e., > the output of pwd). The fact that ~/planets worked suggests you were > somewhere you shouldn't be, so maybe a cd step needs to be added to the > tutorial? > > -Steve > > On Jun 2, 2016, at 10:46, Tyler Richards <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > [email protected] | Linkedin > <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tyler-richards/94/4b6/2a> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/tylerjrichards> | > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >
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