Hi,

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Patrick Steinhardt (139):
      builtin/clone: create the refdb with the correct object format

I haven't analyzed how/why exactly yet, but I've bisected a regression
in the behavior of is_git_directory() during a clone to originate from
this change.

Here's a way to reproduce the problem:

$ cat > git-remote-foo <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
git config --local -l >&2
exit 1
EOF
$ chmod +x git-remote-foo
$ PATH=$PWD:$PATH git clone foo::bar

With versions < 2.44.0, it displays the local configuration, e.g.:

core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.url=foo::bar

but with 2.44.0, it fails with:

fatal: --local can only be used inside a git repository

Mike