fatal: C:\Program Files\Git/libexec/git-core/git-pull cannot be used without a working tree.

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When executing a pull you see something like this:

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fatal: C:\Program Files\Git/libexec/git-core/git-pull cannot be used without a working tree.

To Fix:

Check under:

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\.git\config

Under the [CORE]

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[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = false
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
symlinks = false
autocrlf = false
worktree = <<<<<< DELETE THIS LINE!!

3 thoughts on “fatal: C:\Program Files\Git/libexec/git-core/git-pull cannot be used without a working tree.”

  1. Have the same problem – and no such line under CORE.

    Windows XP Pro SP3.

    Git does not work.

    Tortoise Git CLONE works.

    Tortoise Git PULL does not work.

    Horrible system.

  2. I can report that in Cygwin this fix works. Deleted the worktree attribute and I was able to start working with submodules in my parent repo.

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