Hi,

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Jonas Fonseca wrote:

>   user@machine /usr/local/dev/git/git
>   $ git-log
>   fatal: Not a git repository
> 
>   user@machine /usr/local/dev/git/git
>   $ GIT_DIR=.git git-log | wc -l
>   26094

That could have its cause in your .git/HEAD being no symlink. That happens 
when rsync´ing the .git directory.

The other errors could also stem from the fact that quite a few places 
expect HEAD to be a symlink.

Ciao,
Dscho