How to diagnose and fix git fatal: unable to read tree

Question

I\'m using git to manage files on a project, and keep running into this problem.

When I run git status I get the message

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Answer 1

A bit funny, but it's possible this will help someone.

I just bought a new computer and my repository was in a Dropbox folder. Turns out the .git folder was still syncing as I was trying to get to work. Once the folder finished syncing, everything was normal.