+int is_inside_work_tree(void)
+{
+ if (inside_work_tree < 0)
+ inside_work_tree = is_inside_dir(get_git_work_tree());
+ return inside_work_tree;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set_work_tree() is only ever called if you set GIT_DIR explicitely.
+ * The old behaviour (which we retain here) is to set the work tree root
+ * to the cwd, unless overridden by the config, the command line, or
+ * GIT_WORK_TREE.
+ */
+static const char *set_work_tree(const char *dir)
+{
+ char buffer[PATH_MAX + 1];
+
+ if (!getcwd(buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
+ die ("Could not get the current working directory");
+ git_work_tree_cfg = xstrdup(buffer);
+ inside_work_tree = 1;
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+void setup_work_tree(void)
+{
+ const char *work_tree, *git_dir;
+ static int initialized = 0;
+
+ if (initialized)
+ return;
+ work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+ git_dir = get_git_dir();
+ if (!is_absolute_path(git_dir))
+ set_git_dir(make_absolute_path(git_dir));
+ if (!work_tree || chdir(work_tree))
+ die("This operation must be run in a work tree");
+ initialized = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We cannot decide in this function whether we are in the work tree or
+ * not, since the config can only be read _after_ this function was called.
+ */