1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 41e298b8f..3d2d9580f 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 	int len, offset;
 
 	/*
+	 * Let's assume that we are in a git repository.
+	 * If it turns out later that we are somewhere else, the value will be
+	 * updated accordingly.
+	 */
+	if (nongit_ok)
+		*nongit_ok = 0;
+
+	/*
 	 * If GIT_DIR is set explicitly, we're not going
 	 * to do any discovery, but we still do repository
 	 * validation.