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-rw-r--r--environment.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 2fdba76222..a17d96aa85 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ static void setup_git_env(void)
const char *replace_ref_base;
git_dir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
- if (!git_dir)
+ if (!git_dir) {
+ if (!startup_info->have_repository)
+ die("BUG: setup_git_env called without repository");
git_dir = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
+ }
gitfile = read_gitfile(git_dir);
git_dir = xstrdup(gitfile ? gitfile : git_dir);
if (get_common_dir(&sb, git_dir))