Could not create work tree dir 'example.com'.: Permission denied
git, github, nginx, ssh, vps
Solution
I think you don't have your permissions set up correctly for /var/www Change the ownership of the folder.
`sudo chown -R $USER /var/www`
Problem
I have got a virtual private server with nginx Virtual Hosts setup (Server Blocks). I've installed Git and got my ssh keys authenticated with GitHub. I have my website running in ``` ~/var/www/example.com/public_html/ ``` I tried to run: ``` git clone git@github.com:example/example.co.uk.git ``` to pull my files on GitHub to the /public_html/ directory but I get the error: ``` fatal: could not create work tree dir 'example.com'.: Permission denied ``` I've followed this tutorial including the same issue he has mentioned on the page, but it still won't work: http://machiine.com/2013/pulling-a-git-repo-from-github-to-your-ubuntu-server/ I'm completely new to this, so your help would be much appreciated!