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I tried making a dotfiles repository, but something went wrong so I removed it and tried to start over. Now I can't seem to git init anything. I even tried removing my config files:

cd ~
rm -r .git
rm .gitconfig
mkdir test_git
cd test_git
git init
/home/myUserName/test_git/.git: No such file or directory

Am I missing something, or is there something wrong with my system?

git --version
git version 1.7.1
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What do you get for

\ls -ld ~/.git

now?

I would recommend not experimenting in your home directory until the situation is understood.

How about /var/tmp or similar for your experiments?

Any errors in /var/log log files?

Does df show enough space on all partitions?

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stackunderflow I get nothing right now, probably since I removed .git. I don't have administrative rights, but I'll talk to my admin...
I just wanted to know whether .git is really gone. Do you get No such file or directory? The df command should still work for you, no? Should give you a Used% well below 100% on each line.
Yes, I get No such file or directory. df shows less than 70% in use on all partitions. The issue is that ~/test_git/.git is gone, not ~/.git. The weird thing is that I don't think ~/test_git/.git even should exist yet, because I just did mkdir ~/test_git.
Try it outside your ~ tree. I can't follow your reasoning: "The issue is that ~/test_git/.git is gone" then "I don't think ~/test_git/.git even should exist yet, because I just did mkdir ~/test_git"

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