+/*
+ * Return 1 if the given path is the root of a git repository or
+ * submodule else 0. Will not return 1 for bare repositories with the
+ * exception of creating a bare repository in "foo/.git" and calling
+ * is_git_repository("foo").
+ */
+static int is_git_repository(struct strbuf *path)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+ int gitfile_error;
+ size_t orig_path_len = path->len;
+ assert(orig_path_len != 0);
+ if (path->buf[orig_path_len - 1] != '/')
+ strbuf_addch(path, '/');
+ strbuf_addstr(path, ".git");
+ if (read_gitfile_gently(path->buf, &gitfile_error) || is_git_directory(path->buf))
+ ret = 1;
+ if (gitfile_error == READ_GITFILE_ERR_OPEN_FAILED ||
+ gitfile_error == READ_GITFILE_ERR_READ_FAILED)
+ ret = 1; /* This could be a real .git file, take the
+ * safe option and avoid cleaning */
+ strbuf_setlen(path, orig_path_len);
+ return ret;
+}
+