From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:38:26 GMT Subject: Re: git add / update-cache --add fails. Message-ID: <7vhdhuqpv1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200504252252.05957.rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk> Just a wild guess. Are you trying to run the command from a subdirectory, not from the top directory (that is, the one that has subdirectory .git/ in it)?