fatal: could not create work tree dir 'kivy'

git-clone, github, kivy

Solution

You should do the command in a directory where you have write permission. So:

cd ~/
mkdir code
cd code
git clone https://github.com/kivy/kivy

For example.

Problem

I'm trying to clone my fork of the kivy git, but it's not working. I've made the fork correctly, I believe, but when I type this into my Mac terminal: git clone https://github.com/mygitusername/kivy.git I get this error: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'kivy.: Permission denied Anyone see what I am doing wrong? Thanks!

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