git 1.7.3 uses mkdir as part of 'clone' with trailing slashes, e.g. mkdir 'abc/'. My older BSD machine does not accept that and only allows mkdir 'abc'.
This patch, posted September 9, 2010, fixed my git problem:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg140155.html
Hopefully this will be applied in a future git release. Thanks.
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