Hi Max, On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Max Kirillov wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:52:29AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > And having said *that*, I have to admit that I was unable to reproduce > > I have found exact way to reproduce it and actually the reason. Turns > out to be obvious mistake in code. PR is in github: > https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1032 As I pointed out in my review, I think that GIT_DIR is actually only set for `gitk` in the non-submodule case. So I guess if I run Git GUI, spawn gitk, and then Git Bash, it will have GIT_DIR set. *clicketyclick* Bingo. That reproduces the problem here. Thanks, Johannes