My git woes

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localbox:~% ssh my-linode-account "git init --bare /tmp/myrepo.git"
dstanek@my-linode-account's password: 
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/myrepo.git/
localbox:Projects/my_awesome_project% git push ssh://my-linode-account/tmp/myrepo.git master
dstanek@my-linode-account's password: 
Counting objects: 162, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (161/161), done.
Writing objects: 100% (162/162), 39.62 KiB, done.
Total 162 (delta 78), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://my-linode-account/tmp/myrepo.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
localbox:Projects/my_awesome_project% ssh other-server "git init --bare /tmp/myrepo.git"
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/myrepo.git/
localbox:Projects/my_awesome_project% git push ssh://other-server/tmp/myrepo.git master
fatal: ''/tmp/myrepo.git'' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
localbox:Projects/my_awesome_project%