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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt11
-rw-r--r--git-sh-setup.sh7
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
index 3da241304b..1f02c4b6ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ cd_to_toplevel::
runs chdir to the toplevel of the working tree.
require_work_tree::
- checks if the repository is a bare repository, and dies
- if so. Used by scripts that require working tree
- (e.g. `checkout`).
+ checks if the current directory is within the working tree
+ of the repository, and otherwise dies.
+
+require_work_tree_exists::
+ checks if the working tree associated with the repository
+ exists, and otherwise dies. Often done before calling
+ cd_to_toplevel, which is impossible to do if there is no
+ working tree.
get_author_ident_from_commit::
outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME,
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index aa16b83565..94e26ed5e8 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ cd_to_toplevel () {
}
}
+require_work_tree_exists () {
+ if test "z$(git rev-parse --is-bare-repository)" != zfalse
+ then
+ die "fatal: $0 cannot be used without a working tree."
+ fi
+}
+
require_work_tree () {
test "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = true ||
die "fatal: $0 cannot be used without a working tree."