# Pastebin fvBKbwtt
~ 🐈  dat status
dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first
~ 🐈  dat status --json
{"error":true,"message":"dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first"}
~ 🐈  dat status --json --verbose
{"error":true,"message":"dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first","stack":"Error: dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first\n    at /Users/maxogden/src/js/dat/node_modules/dat-core/index.js:152:44\n    at FSReqWrap.cb [as oncomplete] (fs.js:212:19)"}
~ 🐈  dat status --verbose
dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first
Error: dat: This is not a dat repository, you need to dat init first
    at /Users/maxogden/src/js/dat/node_modules/dat-core/index.js:152:44
    at FSReqWrap.cb [as oncomplete] (fs.js:212:19)