error: invalid active developer path

Mac OS Sierra Version 10.12.5

For the error: (following is a snippet from the terminal)

hostName:gitProject userName$ git status

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

Install xcode developer tools. Open terminal and type the following

hostName:gitProject userName$ xcode-select --install

xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools