Hi Johannes Yes, https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5737 is mine. The clone is already-existing on my drive - background story is, I reinstalled OS, and tried to set up my development env again. Repo is in a normal hard drive (not cloud, not onedrive, just in my local computer). That is the all error message I got. lts is actually LTS (Long Term Support). Term might be misleading, I sometimes use LTS to be latest lol. I am sorry I was not able to use git-snapshots, I downloaded Git-2.24.1.2-64-bit and it worked OK. I might be able to reinstall the newest one, and reproduce, but I am quite afraid to do so, as my 20+ local git environment is at stake haha. Except that, I am happy to help you handle the issue. Thanks! James On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi James, > > On Mon, 21 Jul 2025, James Gao wrote: > > > 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' > > Is this the full error message? > > > 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' > > This suggests that you somehow have successfully created a clone... how? > > > I tried running git bash as Administrator, still not working. > > That is interesting, suggesting that the "Permission denied" error message > is misleading and that the error is not actually due to missing write > permissions. > > Can you say more about your setup? Are you trying to clone onto a network > drive, for example? > > > I am planning to download older versions, but it would be great to get > > it fixed for lts. > > I don't know what you mean with "for lts", but yes, it would be great to > get it fixed. > > By the way, before you download any older version, do make sure to try the > latest snapshot from https://gitforwindows.org/git-snapshots/. > > Ciao, > Johannes > > P.S.: I assume that https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5737 is > also you? -- James Gao - Big Dreamer, Fervent Developer, Forever Voyager LinkedIn | GitHub | Gmail | Phone
