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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 3a3a5724c4..bb1efe1f39 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#include "git-compat-util.h"
#include "abspath.h"
-#include "config.h"
+#include "parse.h"
#include "dir.h"
#include "environment.h"
#include "gettext.h"
@@ -467,7 +467,12 @@ static void init_pathspec_item(struct pathspec_item *item, unsigned flags,
match = prefix_path_gently(prefix, prefixlen,
&prefixlen, copyfrom);
if (!match) {
- const char *hint_path = get_git_work_tree();
+ const char *hint_path;
+
+ if (!have_git_dir())
+ die(_("'%s' is outside the directory tree"),
+ copyfrom);
+ hint_path = get_git_work_tree();
if (!hint_path)
hint_path = get_git_dir();
die(_("%s: '%s' is outside repository at '%s'"), elt,