Hi, the following bombs out: time git --work-tree=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist ls-files -z -m -o .|git --work-tree=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist update-index --add -z --stdin error: bibtex/bib/IEEEtran/IEEEabrv.bib: does not exist and --remove not passed fatal: Unable to process path bibtex/bib/IEEEtran/IEEEabrv.bib It would appear that update-index is not finding the listed file in spite of the --work-tree argument. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum - 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