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$ cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README* 2>/dev/null | head -200
exit: 0
total 28
drwxrwxr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu  4096 Oct 18 18:01 .
drwxr-x--- 6 ubuntu ubuntu  4096 Oct 18 18:01 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu  4664 Oct 18 18:01 .gitignore
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 11357 Oct 18 18:01 LICENSE


$ cd <host-path> && git status 2>&1 | head -5; git log --oneline -1 2>&1; ls -la .coldpass 2>&1; ls <host-path> 2>&1
exit: 0
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
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