title: failed when use "git remote add short_name url"
body: <p>I'm new to git and would like to build a git database for my team. I tried these steps:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mkdir test
  cd test
  git init
  git remote add short_name /prj/my_prj/item1.git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to my understanding, the <code>/prj/my_prj/item1.git</code> should be an open repository to all memebers of my team. I then tried to add the database as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cp from_some_database/my_files .
  git add my_files
  git commit -m "initial checkin"
  git push short_name
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>here i got error as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>fatal: `/prj/my_prj/item1.git` does not appear to be a git repository
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>can anybody give me some help? thanks.</p>