What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. cd to an already existing git repository that uses Github as a remote, with the remote format similar to git@github.com:user/repo.git
2. git annex init
3. git annex status

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

    $ git annex status
    supported backends: SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E WORM URL
    supported remote types: git S3 bup directory rsync web hook
    trusted repositories: Invalid command: 'git-annex-shell 'configlist' '/~/dlo/objectifier.git''
      You appear to be using ssh to clone a git:// URL.
      Make sure your core.gitProxy config option and the
      GIT_PROXY_COMMAND environment variable are NOT set.
    Command ssh ["-S","/Users/dan/Documents/Web/objectifier/.git/annex/ssh/git@github.com","-o","ControlMaster=auto","-o","ControlPersist=yes","git@github.com","git-annex-shell 'configlist' '/~/dlo/objectifier.git'"] failed; exit code 1
    0
    # ... other stuff that isn't relevant


What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

git-annex-3.20120825

Max OS X 10.8.1

> [[done]]; see comments --[[Joey]]