use git init-db for older git versions
this test should work with any version of git
typo in error message
how to create a repository with git versions older than 1.5.0.rc1
more details about create() obsolescence
show the date for Git::Repository version, to give some context
in some cases (msysgit) git outputs some messages before the error

http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/a2c53857-6eb1-1014-909f-b938a694d5e7
had 'git clone' produce:

    Cloning into 'C:\Users\dhorner\AppData\Local\Temp\kydJfVNZ4a\6'...
    fatal: 'C:\Users\dhorner\AppData\Local\Temp\kydJfVNZ4a\5' does not appear to be a git repository
    fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

    Please make sure you have the correct access rights
    and the repository exists. at t/11-create.t line 173.

so we check for 'fatal:' at the beginning of some line in the errput,
not necessarily the first
Merge branch 'vintage-git'
this section is really a "SEE ALSO" section
reduce the indentation of the Changes file
Changes for version 1.312