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Posted by Xue Liang
Xue Liang
10,396 Points

Permission error when use add command

when I try git add . to add untracked files to the initial commit, this is the error that I encountered:

error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects
error: lumberjack.py: failed to insert into database
error: unable to index file lumberjack.py
fatal: adding files failed

Jason Fox
Jason Fox
19,571 Points

I've seen this same issue on all of the Git related courses. Guess I'll try to contact support directly for help.

dk13
dk13
10,541 Points

I am seeing the same issue... (2/27/2020)

Brian Lockerbie
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Brian Lockerbie
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 17,512 Points

Same March 7 2020