1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 9efd1a3ec1..c4e8c5cfdf 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--bare")) {
-			static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
+			char *cwd = xgetcwd();
 			is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
-			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
+			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cwd, 0);
+			free(cwd);
 			setenv(GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;