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

I was facing this issue with submodules as well, but after analyzing the two files

{submodule}/.git .git/modules/submodules/{submodule}/config

I realized that in my case this was not an issue.

After a little research I have found that in my case I had to add the git (command : module add git) and the error disappeared.