I think you're missing a "git add ." after the symlinking step. Otherwise, I got a still-empty repo. commit -a only adds already tracked files. Regardless, I can confirm this behaviour. It does not happen when you do it via command-line git. gitg says ** ERROR **: Update index for stage failed aborting... upon crashing.
** Changed in: gitg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598350 Title: Crash when committing a directory in place of a symlink -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs