[PATCH 1/5] apply: error on --intent-to-add outside gitdir

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Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>

Date

Jun 28, 2025, 22:52 UTC

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<20250628225819.1294068-3-ray@ameretat.dev>

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<20250628225819.1294068-2-ray@ameretat.dev>

Based-on-patch-by: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>
---
 apply.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 8bbe6ed224..e7856ae6b3 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -174,8 +174,12 @@ int check_apply_state(struct apply_state *state, int force_apply)
 			return error(_("'%s' outside a repository"), "--cached");
 		state->check_index = 1;
 	}
-	if (state->ita_only && (state->check_index || is_not_gitdir))
-		state->ita_only = 0;
+	if (state->ita_only) {
+		if (is_not_gitdir)
+			return error(_("'%s' outside a repository"), "--intent-to-add");
+		if (state->check_index)
+			state->ita_only = 0;
+	}
 	if (state->check_index)
 		state->unsafe_paths = 0;
 

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2.50.0.195.g74e6fc65d0