I get this error when I try to change branch.
Probably I will give some information of the commands at
/path/to/git/repo/. upon command:
git branch I get following output
* V1.5 V2.0 master And when I try the command
git checkout V2.0 I get following output:
fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree config file contents:
cat config [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = true [remote "origin"] url = /path/to/git/repo/.git 1 Answer
You repository is bare, i.e. it does not have a working tree attached to it. You can clone it locally to create a working tree for it, or you could use one of several other options to tell Git where the working tree is, e.g. the --work-tree option for single commands, or the GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable. There is also the core.worktree configuration option but it will not work in a bare repository (check the man page for what it does).
# git --work-tree=/path/to/work/tree checkout master # GIT_WORK_TREE=/path/to/work/tree git status 
