Here's the output when i cd /tmp create the gitdir and mountp directories and run
phoenixfs mount gitdir mountp
anandjeyahar@anandjeyahar-Rev-1-0:tmp $ phoenixfs mount gitdir mountp
FUSE library version: 2.8.6
nullpath_ok: 0
unique: 1, opcode: INIT (26), nodeid: 0, insize: 56
INIT: 7.17
flags=0x0000047b
max_readahead=0x00020000
INIT: 7.12
flags=0x00000011
max_readahead=0x00020000
max_write=0x00020000
unique: 1, success, outsize: 40
unique: 2, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56
getattr /
unique: 2, success, outsize: 120
unique: 3, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 47
LOOKUP /.Trash
getattr /.Trash
unique: 3, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 52
LOOKUP /.Trash-1000
getattr /.Trash-1000
unique: 4, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
This is a ubuntu system with the latest updates. Let me know if there's anything else i can help in pinning down the issue.