+> Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/deploy/tmp/
+> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
+> fatal: '/home/deploy/tmp/repo': unable to chdir or not a git archive
+
+Looks like your git does not support GIT_DIR being used with git-init. I
+see some mentions of changes in git's changelog for 1.5.3 that look
+relevant. I've changed ikiwiki-makerepo to use a method more portable to
+older versions of git. --[[Joey]]
+
+Many thanks Joey, upgraded my git, and now have working iki :) -- Andy
+