Hi. If I do: $ uname -a Linux as100897 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Nov 25 01:53:57 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux $ git version git version 1.7.4.1 $ ls -l NonExistentLocation ls: cannot access NonExistentLocation: No such file or directory $ git clone NonExistentLocation Cloning into NonExistentLocation... warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository. $ I get a new (empty) git repository in 'NonExistentLocation': $ tree -a NonExistentLocation NonExistentLocation `-- .git |-- HEAD |-- branches |-- config |-- description |-- hooks | |-- applypatch-msg.sample | |-- commit-msg.sample | |-- post-commit.sample | |-- post-receive.sample | |-- post-update.sample | |-- pre-applypatch.sample | |-- pre-commit.sample | |-- pre-rebase.sample | |-- prepare-commit-msg.sample | `-- update.sample |-- info | `-- exclude |-- objects | |-- info | `-- pack `-- refs |-- heads `-- tags 10 directories, 14 files Is this the intended behaviour ? Thanks, Stefan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/random says: An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction. -- 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