Hello David, > Does it help to say export CDPATH="" in your root shell? no. The problem is triggered by "git-checkout-index -a -f" so my CDPATH has absolutly _nothing_ todo with it: (faui04a) [/var/tmp] mkdir -p test-4/.git (faui04a) [/var/tmp] cd test-4 (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] gcp -a ~/work/repositories/public/easix.git/* .git/ (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] git-read-tree HEAD (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] git-checkout-index -a -f (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] git status fatal: /usr/bin/git-status cannot be used without a working tree. (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] rm .git/config (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] git status # On branch master # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # deleted: profiles/icpc # deleted: profiles/sithglan # deleted: sources/boot.msg # deleted: sources/busybox-config # deleted: sources/config # deleted: sources/easix.logo.16 # deleted: sources/easixdm # deleted: sources/f2 # deleted: sources/home-faumachine.tar.gz # deleted: sources/home-icpc.tar.gz # deleted: sources/home-simigern.tar.gz # deleted: sources/home-sithglan.tar.gz # deleted: sources/home-sitowert.tar.gz # deleted: sources/linuxrc # deleted: sources/rc.local # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-4] cd .. (faui04a) [/var/tmp] rm -rf test-4 rm: Unable to remove directory test-4: File exists (faui04a) [/var/tmp] Thomas - 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