[git] fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

When I tried to push an existing repository on github.com, and it when I entered the command the website prompted me to put into the terminal, I got this error message fatal:

Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

If anyone could help me with this, then that would be great, thanks.

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The answer is


The command has to be entered in the directory of the repository. The error is complaining that your current directory isn't a git repo

  1. Are you in the right directory? Does typing ls show the right files?
  2. Have you initialized the repository yet? Typed git init? (git-init documentation)

Either of those would cause your error.