Initial Commit: "fatal: could not create leading directories of ..."
git, github, unity-game-engine
Solution
It looks as though you have two issues here.
First, you need a `.gitignore` file that correctly limits the files you're adding to Git. This is covered in the tutorial you linked, but it seems you've not followed this correctly (as your `add` is including files from the `Temp` folder). Looking at your file list, it seems you've just named this file `.gitignore.txt` by accident. Remove the file extension and then try starting again (re-run the `git add`) and you'll get better results.
The problem with your `clone` is that your second argument (the path `"."`) is incorrect. It's not required (the default would be `.` anyway), and if you do want to specify it, it comes after the repository, not before (see the Git docs for details - `<repository>` comes before `<directory>`).
So, I think your clone should instead just be this:
git clone --bare https://github.com/zarazha/swarch.git
Problem
I am trying to make the initial commit to a git repository on GitHub for a Unity project. I followed along with this guide to get to where I am. Note: For some reason or another, I couldn't set Unity's Asset Serialization Mode to Force Text, so I settled on Mixed (which I believe should work). When I call git clone --bare . , I get an error. Note that I am not the creator of the repository and only a contributor (though I am making the initial commit). Here's everything in my terminal (I'm using Git Bash): ``` Welcome to Git (version 1.8.4-preview20130916) Run 'git help git' to display the help index. Run 'git help <command>' to display help for specific commands. Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~ $ cd Documents/ICS168Swarch/ Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~/Documents/ICS168Swarch $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in c:/Users/Cheddar/Documents/ICS168Swarch/.git / Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~/Documents/ICS168Swarch (master) $ git add . warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Prefabs.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Prefabs/Pellet.prefab.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Prefabs/PelletManager.prefab.meta . The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scene1.unity.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/EatPellets.cs. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/EatPellets.cs.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/Movement.cs. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/Movement.cs.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/SpawnPellets.cs. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Assets/Scripts/SpawnPellets.cs.meta. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Library/ScriptAssemblies/CompilationComp leted.txt. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. error: open("Temp/UnityLockfile"): Permission denied error: unable to index file Temp/UnityLockfile fatal: adding files failed Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~/Documents/ICS168Swarch (master) $ git commit -m "[Initial project setup]" # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # .gitignore.txt # Assembly-CSharp-vs.csproj # Assembly-CSharp.csproj # Assembly-CSharp.pidb # Assets/ # ICS168Swarch-csharp.sln # ICS168Swarch.sln # ICS168Swarch.userprefs # Library/ # ProjectSettings/ # Temp/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~/Documents/ICS168Swarch (master) $ git clone --bare . https://github.com/zarazha/swarch.git fatal: could not create leading directories of 'https://github.com/zarazha/swarc h.git' Cheddar@CHEDDAR-PC ~/Documents/ICS168Swarch (master) $ ``` I searched for solutions to this, but nothing that I found seemed to have the same cause as what I am getting. Help on this is much appreciated!