warning in git and github about permission denied

Question

$ git status
warning: could not open directory '$RECYCLE.BIN/S-1-5-18/': Permission denied
warning: could not open directory '$RECYCLE.BIN/S-1-5-21-1320611954-3689187021-1978721250-1002/': Permission denied
warning: could not open directory 'System Volume Information/': Permission denied

On branch main

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

my git repository was not running

Answer 1

The user you are testing with has no permission to load a few directories inside a git repository and this errors out git status.

You can grant permissions to the user you are to use git with to the folders in question.

Or you could run your terminal as administrator.

Or you could add those folders to .gitignore, commit and try again, via:

git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Ignored some folders"
git status

but make sure you added the folders properly before committing and getting the status.