# Git Add command crashes on first usage if Git repo is located using --separate-git-folder option

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/git-add-command-crashes-on-first-usage-if-git-repo-is-located-using-separate-git-folder-option/51215>\
**Category:** Idea Pond\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/git-add-command-crashes-on-first-usage-if-git-repo-is-located-using-separate-git-folder-option/51215 "2020-10-13T02:37:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg\_long](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@greg\_long](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/greg_long)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/git-add-command-crashes-on-first-usage-if-git-repo-is-located-using-separate-git-folder-option/51215/1 "2020-10-13T02:37:22Z")

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Not entirely repeatable, but TDM seems to crash on first use of "Git Add " if git repo was located elsewhere using 'git init --separate-git-dir=\<other directory'. Cheers. GL.