kt@rails-ubuntu:~/rails/ledger/releases/20080820144914/.git/hooks$ ls -al ls: cannot access post-commit: No such file or directory ls: cannot access update: No such file or directory ls: cannot access post-update: No such file or directory ls: cannot access commit-msg: No such file or directory ls: cannot access pre-rebase: No such file or directory ls: cannot access post-receive: No such file or directory ls: cannot access pre-applypatch: No such file or directory ls: cannot access pre-commit: No such file or directory total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 kt kt 4096 2008-09-09 18:10 . drwxrwxr-x 4 kt kt 4096 2008-09-09 18:10 .. -????????? ? ? ? ? ? commit-msg -????????? ? ? ? ? ? post-commit -????????? ? ? ? ? ? post-receive -????????? ? ? ? ? ? post-update -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pre-applypatch -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pre-commit -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pre-rebase -????????? ? ? ? ? ? update
First off, here's your question, nicely formatted (surround it in < pre > tags to get this):
kt@rails-ubuntu:~/rails/ledger/releases/20080820144914/.git/hooks$ ls -al ls: cannot access post-commit: No such file or directory ls: cannot access update: No such file or directory ls: cannot access post-update: No such file or directory [snip]
Anyway, you need to boot up in single-user mode and run fsck. If you can't reboot right now, just move the directory to /tmp and forget about it.