1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c46691e976..b6e292e29f 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--bare")) {
 			static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
+			is_bare_repository_cfg = 1;
 			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 1);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;