+static int git_work_tree_initialized;
+
+/*
+ * Note. This works only before you used a work tree. This was added
+ * primarily to support git-clone to work in a new repository it just
+ * created, and is not meant to flip between different work trees.
+ */
+void set_git_work_tree(const char *new_work_tree)
+{
+ if (is_bare_repository_cfg >= 0)
+ die("cannot set work tree after initialization");
+ git_work_tree_initialized = 1;
+ free(work_tree);
+ work_tree = xstrdup(make_absolute_path(new_work_tree));
+ is_bare_repository_cfg = 0;
+}
+