git状态返回“致命的：不是git仓库”但.git目录存在

我有一个目前无法推送的远程文件夹。当我直接进入远程目录并执行'git status'时，它显示：

I have a remote folder that I am currently unable to push to. When I go directly to the remote directory and a do a 'git status' it reads:

致命：不是git存储库

fatal: Not a git repository

.git文件夹确实存在，并且昨天工作正常，此后没有任何更改。

The .git folder does exists and it was working fine yesterday and nothing has changed since.

任何人都可以告诉我为什么即使.git文件夹存在，我也可能会收到此消息吗？

Can anyone tell me the reason(s) why I might receive this message even though the .git folder exists?

预先感谢您的帮助。非常感谢！

Thanks in advance for your help. Much appreciated!