Thanks to all,
Ya'll are great. All is fixed and I understand what I did wrong.

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> On Jun 2, 2016, at 8:54 PM, Steve Haddock <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ivan. 
> For a novice lesson, it seems using && would be an unnecessary obfuscation? 
> I'd be inclined to either do separate cd then cd Desktop or else cd ~/Desktop 
> if that is supposed to make sense to them at this point. 
> 
> On Jun 2, 2016, at 16:35, Ivan Gonzalez < [email protected]> wrote: 
> 
>> 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
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