We check in cmd_blame() if the specified path is there, but we failed to set up the working tree before that. While at it, make setup_work_tree() just return if it was run before. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- IMO both this patch and the recent patch to call setup_work_tree() are needed. Only the second call to setup_work_tree() will know if there was no revision specified, and the first one will know if a -- has been seen. builtin-blame.c | 1 + setup.c | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-blame.c b/builtin-blame.c index 55a3c0b..ba80bf8 100644 --- a/builtin-blame.c +++ b/builtin-blame.c @@ -2295,6 +2295,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) else if (i != argc - 1) usage(blame_usage); /* garbage at end */ + setup_work_tree(); if (!has_path_in_work_tree(path)) die("cannot stat path %s: %s", path, strerror(errno)); diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 084d722..1421a2c 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -207,12 +207,18 @@ static const char *set_work_tree(const char *dir) } void setup_work_tree(void) { - const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree(); - const char *git_dir = get_git_dir(); + const char *work_tree, *git_dir; + static int initialized = 0; + + if (initialized) + return; + work_tree = get_git_work_tree(); + git_dir = get_git_dir(); if (!is_absolute_path(git_dir)) set_git_dir(make_absolute_path(git_dir)); if (!work_tree || chdir(work_tree)) die("This operation must be run in a work tree"); + initialized = 1; } /* -- 1.5.3.5.1645.g1f4df - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html