git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) ||
die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!"
-if test "$git_dir" = ".git"
-then
+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 $0"
fi
# don't link to a workdir
"a complete repository."
fi
+# don't recreate a workdir over an existing repository
+if test -e "$new_workdir"
+then
+ die "destination directory '$new_workdir' already exists."
+fi
+
# make sure the the links use full paths
git_dir=$(cd "$git_dir"; pwd)