-if {[lindex [file split $_gitdir] end] ne {.git}} {
- catch {wm withdraw .}
- error_popup "Cannot use funny .git directory:\n\n$_gitdir"
- exit 1
+if {![is_enabled bare]} {
+ if {[lindex [file split $_gitdir] end] ne {.git}} {
+ catch {wm withdraw .}
+ error_popup "Cannot use funny .git directory:\n\n$_gitdir"
+ exit 1
+ }
+ if {[catch {cd [file dirname $_gitdir]} err]} {
+ catch {wm withdraw .}
+ error_popup "No working directory [file dirname $_gitdir]:\n\n$err"
+ exit 1
+ }