1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 833ced226..6b277b6a1 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 				*nongit_ok = 1;
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			die("Not a git repository");
+			die("Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): %s", DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
 		}
 		if (chdir(".."))
 			die("Cannot change to %s/..: %s", cwd, strerror(errno));