diff.diff

diff --git a/commands/init.go b/commands/init.go
index ef55871..d63de61 100644
--- a/commands/init.go
+++ b/commands/init.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	"github.com/github/hub/github"
 	"github.com/github/hub/utils"
 )
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ func transformInitArgs(args *Args) error {
 
 	cmds := []string{"git"}
 	if newDir {
-		cmds = append(cmds, "--git-dir", filepath.Join(name, ".git"))
+		//cmds = append(cmds, "--git-dir", filepath.Join(name, ".git"))
 	}
 
 	cmds = append(cmds, "remote", "add", "origin", url)

output

$ cucumber features/init.feature
Using the default profile...
...........F--........

(::) failed steps (::)

Exit status was 128 but expected it to be 0. Output:

Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/owen/gocode/src/github.com/github/hub/tmp/aruba/dotfiles/new_dir/.git/
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

 (RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError)
features/init.feature:12:in `When I successfully run `hub init -g new_dir`'

Failing Scenarios:
cucumber features/init.feature:11 #