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| -rw-r--r-- | git/repo/base.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py index c5cdce7c..d36864bb 100644 --- a/git/repo/base.py +++ b/git/repo/base.py @@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class Repo(object): repo = Repo("~/Development/git-python.git") repo = Repo("$REPOSITORIES/Development/git-python.git") + if `None, current-directory is used. + The :envvar:`GIT_DIR` if set and not empty takes precendance over this parameter. :param odbt: Object DataBase type - a type which is constructed by providing the directory containing the database objects, i.e. .git/objects. It will @@ -136,17 +138,19 @@ class Repo(object): :raise InvalidGitRepositoryError: :raise NoSuchPathError: :return: git.Repo """ - epath = _expand_path(path or os.getcwd()) self.git = None # should be set for __del__ not to fail in case we raise + epath = os.getenv('GIT_DIR') + epath = _expand_path(epath or path or os.getcwd()) if not os.path.exists(epath): raise NoSuchPathError(epath) self.working_dir = None self._working_tree_dir = None self.git_dir = None - curpath = os.getenv('GIT_DIR', epath) - # walk up the path to find the .git dir + ## Walk up the path to find the `.git` dir. + # + curpath = epath while curpath: # ABOUT os.path.NORMPATH # It's important to normalize the paths, as submodules will otherwise initialize their |