}
                        if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-cdup")) {
                                const char *pfx = prefix;
+                               if (!is_inside_work_tree()) {
+                                       const char *work_tree =
+                                               get_git_work_tree();
+                                       if (work_tree)
+                                               printf("%s\n", work_tree);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
                                while (pfx) {
                                        pfx = strchr(pfx, '/');
                                        if (pfx) {