http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9864
--- Comment #12 from Lei Zhang thestig@google.com 2007-10-26 17:59:22 --- Umm, if you read what you posted, it's trying to tell you that you are running "git" the file manager program and not "git" the revision control system. From your post:
If you wish to complete the transition early, install git-core and use (as root): update-alternatives --config git