git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) ||
die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!"
+case "$git_dir" in
+.git)
+ git_dir="$orig_git/.git"
+ ;;
+.)
+ git_dir=$orig_git
+ ;;
+esac
+
+# don't link to a configured bare repository
+isbare=$(git --git-dir="$git_dir" config --bool --get core.bare)
+if test ztrue = z$isbare
+then
+ die "\"$git_dir\" has core.bare set to true," \
+ " remove from \"$git_dir/config\" to use $0"
+fi
+
# don't link to a workdir
if test -L "$git_dir/config"
then