This ensures that nothing breaks the basic functionality of describe for bare repositories. Please note that --broken and --dirty need a working tree. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Staudt <koraktor@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t6120-describe.sh | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t6120-describe.sh b/t/t6120-describe.sh index 9a6bd1541f..ddd8cc307d 100755 --- a/t/t6120-describe.sh +++ b/t/t6120-describe.sh @@ -409,4 +409,11 @@ test_expect_success 'describe complains about missing object' ' test_must_fail git describe $ZERO_OID ' +test_expect_success 'describe works from outside repo using --git-dir' " + BARE_CLONE=$(mktemp -d) && + git clone --bare '$TRASH_DIRECTORY' \$BARE_CLONE >/Users/koraktor/open-source/others/git/t/out && + echo $PWD >/Users/koraktor/open-source/others/git/t/out && + git --git-dir \$BARE_CLONE describe 2>&1 >/Users/koraktor/open-source/others/git/t/out +" + test_done -- 2.20.1