On 2025-07-21 at 20:34:35, James Gao wrote: > Hi! > > I just installed my system, and downloaded latest (2.50.1) x64 version > of Git for Windows and installed it. > > I am on Windows 11 Pro, 10.0.22631. > Git CLI is not getting permission to the folders. > For example, I cannot run git init - error: couldn't set 'HEAD' > I cannot git pull or clone or git add > > It returns me similar errors: > error: unable to write file > .git/objects/36/dd1796da4dcbb2f53005b64afeef698cfaf510: Permission > denied > error: src/helpers/schedule.ts: failed to insert into database > error: unable to index file 'src/helpers/schedule.ts' > > I have tried every single help articles and blogs, nothing is working. > > I tried running git bash as Administrator, still not working. > > I am planning to download older versions, but it would be great to get > it fixed for lts. I don't see this behaviour on my Linux system, so I suspect this is something specific to your system or to Windows. I would suggest trying to report this on the Git for Windows issue tracker at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues. A brief search shows that there are some issues there with this error message. For instance, if you're operating on a CIFS/SMB share (that is, those with the `\\share\` syntax), there's a known issue about that. It's also known that you should not put your Git repositories in a folder that's special to Windows, such as Documents, because Windows imposes additional restrictions on those paths in ways that can break Git (this is also true of macOS). Similarly, you absolutely should not place repositories in a directory managed by OneDrive, Dropbox, or a similar syncing service, since they often don't work and even when they do, these services can cause corruption to repositories. If it's not a regular folder on a regular NTFS disk, you might try using a regular NTFS disk (such as C) to try to see if it makes a difference. If you do report it to the Git for Windows tracker, please search for both open and closed issues and mention anything that is special about your repositories and where you're storing them. Is it a network drive or folder? What kind? Is it a drive other than C? What storage is it on? What file system is it using? These kinds of answers will help the maintainer determine the relevant difference about what's not working and fix it. I feel very confident that the Git for Windows maintainer would not have released totally broken software, since they are thoughtful and diligent, so there's some specific reason it's not working for you while it is working for others. Best of luck in solving your issue. -- brian m. carlson (they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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