GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set

Question

I have searched and read few post but my problem is not the same as descirbed. So here\'s the issue: using git clone into folder under external partition of the disk works f

Answer 1

I came into this issue when I copy my local repository.

sudo cp -r original_repo backup_repo
cd backup_repo

git status
fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /data)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

I've try git init as some answer suggested, but it doesn't work.

sudo git init
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /data/HQ/SC_Educations/hq_htdocs/HQ_Educations_bak/.git/

I solved it by change the owner of the repo

sudo chown -R www:www ../backup_repo

git status
# On branch develop
nothing to commit, working directory clean