1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 15a0e71cc1..59f0fcc1f2 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
 			RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
 		{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
-		{ "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+		{ "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "cherry-pick", cmd_cherry_pick, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "clone", cmd_clone },