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 <korak...@gmail.com>
---
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
