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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: git add / update-cache --add fails.
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:38:26 -0700
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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)?