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Diffstat (limited to 'ref-filter.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ref-filter.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c index 7eca436223..6c70d797a9 100644 --- a/ref-filter.c +++ b/ref-filter.c @@ -534,6 +534,10 @@ static int parse_ref_filter_atom(const struct ref_format *format, if (ARRAY_SIZE(valid_atom) <= i) return strbuf_addf_ret(err, -1, _("unknown field name: %.*s"), (int)(ep-atom), atom); + if (valid_atom[i].source != SOURCE_NONE && !have_git_dir()) + return strbuf_addf_ret(err, -1, + _("not a git repository, but the field '%.*s' requires access to object data"), + (int)(ep-atom), atom); /* Add it in, including the deref prefix */ at = used_atom_cnt; |