git 1.4.4.2 is giving the following errors...

Hi,

      I am new to git.
From the web site downloaded the 1.4.4.2 source and compiled on the
cygwin environment.
when am trying as an example to use the git,

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sh-3.2$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
: command not foundclone: line 7:
': not a valid identifier line 9: unset: `CDPATH
: command not foundclone: line 10:
'usr/local/bin/git-clone: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `{
'usr/local/bin/git-clone: line 11: `die() {

sh-3.2$ git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
: command not foundclone: line 7:
': not a valid identifier line 9: unset: `CDPATH
: command not foundclone: line 10:
'usr/local/bin/git-clone: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `{
'usr/local/bin/git-clone: line 11: `die() {
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i am facing the above prints. Could you please help me out, am i doing
any thing wrong?


best regards,
srinivas.