@@ 60,11 60,13 @@ class DeadSimpleSite(object):
                 os.rmdir(root)
 
     def _git(self, *args):
+        if not path.exists(self.target):
+            os.makedirs(self.target)
         with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
             if args[0] == 'push':
                 # Git reads username and password from console, so don't suppress output
                 # Also, don't want to throw an error since most likely the user just mistyped
-                subprocess.call(('git',) + args)
+                subprocess.call(('git',) + args, cwd=self.target)
             else:
                 return subprocess.check_output(('git',) + args, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=self.target)
 

          
@@ 189,8 191,6 @@ class DeadSimpleSite(object):
             self._git('--version')
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             raise GitError('No git command found. Is git installed and on the path?')
-        if not path.exists(self.target):
-            os.makedirs(self.target)
         self._clean()
         try:
             gitdir = self._git('rev-parse', '--git-dir')