Why do I get “fatal: git status --porcelain failed”?

Question

This is a huge pain in the bum. I\'ve got this a few times before and I don\'t understand why. 5 mins ago the repo was fine and working, I move some files around (which is a

Answer 1

I don't have any .git folders in my repo, but anytime I copy my new files into my folder to update my app, I am still getting index corrupt porcelain failed errors. I don't understand how updating files would corrupt this or how to fix it. Anyone have further insight on this?