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Bug: Git-Alias is callable from outside a git repo

From
NNiklas <git@nwuensche.com>
Date
Aug 10, 2022, 17:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20220810170319.mxd6h2p5tm6y5xx3@imap.mailbox.org>
Steps to reproduce:
1. Having the following global .gitconfig
[alias]
     f = "!echo "test""
2. Calling `git f` in a folder which does not belong to a git repo
Expected Behavior: 

Seeing some message like like `fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)`

Actual Behavior:
Prints "test"
Git 2.37.1 under Arch Linux
Next: rsbecker@nexbridge.com
Message 1 of 3 in “Bug: Git-Alias is callable from outside a git repo”
  1. NiklasAug 10, 2022
  2. rsbecker@nexbridge.comAug 10, 2022
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 12, 2022

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