--Andy
-> Please show me a transcript of it not working. Here is a transcript of it
-> working just as the tutorial describes it to work:
->
-> joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>ls
-> repo/ src/
-> joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>rm -rf repo src
-> joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>mkdir src
-> joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>echo hi > src/index.html
-> joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>ikiwiki-makerepo git src repo
-> Importing src into git
-> Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/joey/tmp/work/repo/
-> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
-> Created initial commit 2254e46: initial commit
-> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-> create mode 100644 .gitignore
-> create mode 100644 index.html
-> updating 'refs/heads/master'
-> from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
-> to 2254e462e31429e755bae56939c4319be8bb912b
-> Also local refs/remotes/origin/master
-> Generating pack...
-> Done counting 4 objects.
-> Deltifying 4 objects...
-> 100% (4/4) done
-> Writing 4 objects...
-> Unpacking 4 objects...
-> 100% (4/4) done
-> refs/heads/master: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 -> 2254e462e31429e755bae56939c4319be8bb912b
->
-> Total 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
-> Directory src is now a clone of git repository /home/joey/tmp/work/repo
-
-
-OK here goes - I'm afraid its to color codes in it, so its a bit bigger and less readable than yours - apologies.
-
-<pre>
-Script started on Fri 11 Jan 2008 19:29:44 GMT
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ls^M
-^[[00m^[[00;32msrc^[[00m ^[[00mtypescript^[[00m^M
-^[[m^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ echo hi src/index.mdwn^M
-hi src/index.mdwn^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ echo hi src/index.mdwn^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^[[4h>^[[4l^[[4h ^[[4l^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ikiwiki-makerepo src ^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Kgit src repo^M
-Importing src into git^M
-Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/deploy/tmp/^M
-Initialized empty Git repository in .git/^M
-Created initial commit 9f55e11: initial commit^M
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)^M
- create mode 100644 .gitignore^M
-fatal: '/home/deploy/tmp/repo': unable to chdir or not a git archive^M
-fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly^M
-error: failed to push to '/home/deploy/tmp/repo'^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ls^M
-^[[00m^[[00;32mbranches^[[00m ^[[00mconfig^[[00m ^[[00mdescription^[[00m ^[[00mHEAD^[[00m ^[[00mhi^[[00m ^[[00;32mhooks^[[00m ^[[00;32minfo^[[00m ^[[00;32mobjects^[[00m ^[[00;32mrefs^[[00m ^[[00;32msrc^[[00m ^[[00mtypescript^[[00m^M
-^[[m^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ exit^M
-
-Script done on Fri 11 Jan 2008 19:32:21 GMT
-</pre>
+> 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]]
----