1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 1d2331aa08..5e50fb1a31 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static int do_git_config_sequence(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 	int ret = 0, found = 0;
 	char *xdg_config = xdg_config_home("config");
 	char *user_config = expand_user_path("~/.gitconfig");
-	char *repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
+	char *repo_config = have_git_dir() ? git_pathdup("config") : NULL;
 
 	if (git_config_system() && !access_or_die(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK, 0)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),