git status returns fatal: Not a git repository but .git exists and HEAD has proper permissions

Question

When I run git status on my repo I get fatal: Not a git repository: /my repo/.git/modules/docs

I\'ve checked and .git exists and contains HEAD with the

Answer 1

Following @ax003d answer, you could replace all old paths (old/path) with the new path (new/path) using this command:

find . -type f \( -name ".git" -o \( -path "*.git/modules/*" -name config \) \)  -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e "s#old/path#new/path#g"

You might want to check what the old paths look like before replacing them:

find . -type f \( -name ".git" -o \( -path "*.git/modules/*" -name config \) \)  -print0 | xargs -0 grep --colour "old/path"