If the current directory is '/temp', then git-clone fails: $ git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git powerpc ssh: /temp/http: Name or service not known fatal: unexpected EOF fetch-pack from '/temp/http:/git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git/.git' failed. If I switch to /tmp and run git-clone again, it works. -- Timur Tabi Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale - To unsubscribe from this list: 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