git fetch over ssh trouble

Any idea why this is happening?:

bfields@pickle:git$ git fetch linux-nfs
Password:
/usr/local/bin/git-parse-remote: line 145: test: !=: unary operator
expected
Password:
error: no such remote ref CVSROOT=bfields@cvs.citi.umich.edu
error: no such remote ref DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix
error: no such remote ref DISPLAY=
error: no such remote ref GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc
error: no such remote ref LONG_USAGE='Usage
error: no such remote ref MATHPATH=
error: no such remote ref PATH=/usr/local/bin
error: no such remote ref SESSION_MANAGER=local/pickle
error: no such remote ref SHELLOPTS=braceexpand
error: no such remote ref XPSERVERLIST='
Fetch failure: ssh://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/exports/git.git
bfields@pickle:git$

--b.