error Could not read error unable to read tree object HEAD nothing to commit working directory clean

Question

Hi Guys,

I have git installed in my system. But when I try to check git status, it shows me the below error.

error: Could not read 
error: unable to read tree object HEAD
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

 This kind of error may occur if your .git folder don't have the permission. So give permission to this folder using the bellow given command.

$ cd .git
$ chmod 755 *

Make this changes and try once.