Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Try this: > > $ mkdir 5 > $ cd 5 > $ git-init-db > $ rm .git/config # yes, really. > $ git abc Thanks for trying to help, but not really. : gitster; mkdir 5 : gitster; cd 5 : gitster; git-init-db defaulting to local storage area : gitster; rm .git/config : gitster; ~/git-master/bin/git abc git: 'abc' is not a git-command The most commonly used git commands are: add Add files to the index file apply Apply patch on a git index file and a work ... tag Create a tag object signed with GPG verify-tag Check the GPG signature of tag (use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands) : gitster; ~/git-master/bin/git --version git version 1.4.1.rc1.g8096 : gitster; ls -ld ~/.gitrc ~/.gitconfig ~/.git-config : gitster; ls -ld ~/.gitrc ~/.gitconfig ~/.git-config ls: /home/junio/.gitrc: No such file or directory ls: /home/junio/.gitconfig: No such file or directory ls: /home/junio/.git-config: No such file or directory : gitster; : confused... - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html