[Bug] Misleading error message when run in a non-Git directory

Victor Porton· Apr 23, 2020, 22:42 UTC · lore

git remote add origin ...

produces the error

fatal: remote origin already exists.

when run in the directory which is not initialized by Git (has no .git folder).

This error message is misleading.

git --version git version 2.20.1

brian m. carlson· Apr 23, 2020, 23:26 UTC · re: Victor Porton · lore

Re: [Bug] Misleading error message when run in a non-Git directory

On 2020-04-23 at 22:42:25, Victor Porton wrote:

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> git remote add origin ...
> 
> produces the error
> 
> fatal: remote origin already exists.
> 
> when run in the directory which is not initialized by Git (has no .git
> folder).
> 
> This error message is misleading.

I don't see this, using a reasonably up-to-date version of next. What I see is the following:

  $ git remote add origin foo
  fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Are you running this in a directory under your home directory? If so, is your home directory a repository?

If not, can you tell us what running "git rev-parse --show-toplevel" in that directory prints?

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