Not sure if this is a bug or user error. I'm trying to use git-annex on Windows 2008 R2, but it isn't working for me. Works fine on Linux. I have a local git repo and then added some binary files to annex. Then I used git annex sync --content to push ennex'd files up to git server. Then I can clone that repo and sync again to pull all the files down. On windows I just get error messages when I try to clone the repo and use annex to init or sync.

git version: 1.8.0.msysgit.0
git-annex version:
git-annex version: 5.20150710-g8fd7052
build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA TorrentP
arser
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E MD5E SHA256 SHA1 SHA51
2 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 MD5 WORM URL
remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook extern
al
local repository version: unknown
supported repository version: 5
upgrade supported from repository versions: 2 3 4

If I try to init the cloned repo:

$ git-annex init
init  Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           [-c name=value] [--help]
           <command> [<args>]
Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           [-c name=value] [--help]
           <command> [<args>]
Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           [-c name=value] [--help]
           <command> [<args>]
Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           [-c name=value] [--help]
           <command> [<args>]
git-annex.exe: git [Param "config",Param "user.name",Param "user"] failed

If I try to sync:

$ git annex sync --content
Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs
usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           [-c name=value] [--help]
           <command> [<args>]
git-annex: First run: git-annex init

What am I missing? I love the idea of annex and really need it for an urgent project I'm working on, but unfortunately I need to use it with Windows...in addition to Linux.
