fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree

[cmcknight]

MacOS 11.2.3 (Big Sur) Git: 2.31.1 BFG: 1.41.0

Attempting to remove a folder of files from the repo that are stored on LFS.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Cloned the repo:

git clone --mirror https://github.com/myname/myrepo.git

2. Ran the bfg:

java -jar bfg --delete-folders files --no-blob-protection myrepo.git

3. Changed to the directory:

cd myrepo.git

4. Received error message:

fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree

All other operations result in the same error message.

[rschristian]

When you clone with --mirror you don't get a working tree. You've left out what git command you tried to use, but whatever it was, it's an invalid one when working in a repo cloned with --mirror.

[cmcknight]

I copied the git command from the website instructiions:

git clone --mirror git://example.com/some-big-repo.git

[felciano]

@cmcknight did you get this resolved? I'm running into the same issue

[nafeger]

I'm getting this too.