This " fatal: not a git repository" means the your git command (which is executed when you are at the particular file location shown in your terminal) cannot find an actual git repository somewhere in the file system hierarchy starting at your current location. You maybe one level above the repository you created, e.g. if you gave it a name. If you `git init` in an empty directory then git can start in that empty repo.
A git repository can be recognised by seeing if there is a `.git` subdirectory (usually 'hidden'). You may have missed a step asking you to `cd <repo_name>` to move your location into the repository, whereupon the `git status` will be able to do its stuff. -- Philip On Friday, November 5, 2021 at 1:34:16 PM UTC Joe Sollers wrote: > Trying to go thru initial course and navigating the terminal directions > but we have reached a point where I get fatal: not a git repository, backed > the video up and tried several ways but not able to follow along with video > because I am not getting beyond this message in git status. Maybe something > simple but glad to be finding quality resources. > Any feed back is much appreciated ! > > Thank you > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/e5c046b2-2255-4983-a2e8-3cb5d27e69ddn%40googlegroups.com.
