1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 967f289f1..4a15b1056 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -910,7 +910,9 @@ static const char *setup_git_directory_gently_1(int *nongit_ok)
 			return setup_bare_git_dir(&cwd, offset, nongit_ok);
 
 		offset_parent = offset;
-		while (--offset_parent > ceil_offset && cwd.buf[offset_parent] != '/');
+		while (--offset_parent > ceil_offset &&
+		       !is_dir_sep(cwd.buf[offset_parent]))
+			; /* continue */
 		if (offset_parent <= ceil_offset)
 			return setup_nongit(cwd.buf, nongit_ok);
 		if (one_filesystem) {