diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index ab58f3a31797045178b64f782291197b3db50362..3cea66646dc3ec60a87881b03ca1d94c4a9605cb 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ write_gitignore() {
 		fatal "could not move '$tempfile' to '$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME'" 53
 }
 
+debug `git version`
+
 if [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xexact' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xnone' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xrecursive' ]; then
 	fatal "'\$VCSH_GITIGNORE' must equal 'exact', 'none', or 'recursive'" 1
 fi