26 files changed, 34 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 8f073c90f6..660b3a4b61 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0 [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8] [--binary] [--3way] <mbox>"
diff --git a/git-applymbox.sh b/git-applymbox.sh
index 6de6932879..24d4a8cb4e 100755
--- a/git-applymbox.sh
+++ b/git-applymbox.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ##
 ## git-am is supposed to be the newer and better tool for this job.
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "applymbox [-u] [-k] [-q] [-m] (-c .dotest/<num> | mbox) [signoff]"
diff --git a/git-applypatch.sh b/git-applypatch.sh
index 66fd19ae2d..f0549960fb 100755
--- a/git-applypatch.sh
+++ b/git-applypatch.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ##	$3 - "info" file with Author, email and subject
 ##	$4 - optional file containing signoff to add
 ##
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+. git-sh-setup
 
 final=.dotest/final-commit
 ##
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 1ab2f187dc..d92993b94e 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-. git-sh-setup || dir "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage() {
     echo >&2 'usage: git bisect [start|bad|good|next|reset|visualize]
diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index 2594518e9f..4cd5da16f7 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $(basename $0)"' [-d <branch>] | [[-f] <branch> [start-point]]
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 9509ab4b9a..4cf30e2c05 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     die "usage: git checkout [-f] [-b <new_branch>] [<branch>] [<paths>...]"
diff --git a/git-cherry.sh b/git-cherry.sh
index aad2e6171f..867522b37f 100755
--- a/git-cherry.sh
+++ b/git-cherry.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano.
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage="usage: $0 "'[-v] <upstream> [<head>]
 
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 27aea80a43..3d250ec853 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
 	die 'git commit [-a] [-s] [-v | --no-verify]  [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-e] [<path>...]'
diff --git a/git-count-objects.sh b/git-count-objects.sh
index fc61a1a987..d6e9a3221f 100755
--- a/git-count-objects.sh
+++ b/git-count-objects.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git repository"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 dc </dev/null 2>/dev/null || {
 	# This is not a real DC at all -- it just knows how
diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index 6586e773e6..14ea295113 100755
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 . git-parse-remote
 _x40='[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
 _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 351790c449..bc56876531 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0"' [-n] [-o dir | --stdout] [--keep-subject] [--mbox]
diff --git a/git-lost-found.sh b/git-lost-found.sh
index 3892f52005..9dd7430018 100755
--- a/git-lost-found.sh
+++ b/git-lost-found.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+. git-sh-setup
 
 laf="$GIT_DIR/lost-found"
 rm -fr "$laf" && mkdir -p "$laf/commit" "$laf/other" || exit
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 255476e2de..d352a3cf65 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/git-octopus.sh b/git-octopus.sh
index d2471af3c8..2edbf52c42 100755
--- a/git-octopus.sh
+++ b/git-octopus.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Resolve two or more trees recorded in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD.
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     die "usage: git octopus"
diff --git a/git-prune.sh b/git-prune.sh
index c4de7f5f25..1fd8c731cd 100755
--- a/git-prune.sh
+++ b/git-prune.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 dryrun=
 echo=
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 3b875ad438..3a139849fb 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Fetch one or more remote refs and merge it/them into the current HEAD.
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0"' [-n] [--no-commit] [--no-summary] [--help]
diff --git a/git-push.sh b/git-push.sh
index edc0b8317a..140c8f85d5 100755
--- a/git-push.sh
+++ b/git-push.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     die "Usage: git push [--all] [--force] <repository> [<refspec>]"
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 5289762883..2bc3a12995 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano.
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+. git-sh-setup
 
 # The other head is given
 other=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1^0") || exit
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index c0f271d101..430ddc5a70 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 #
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 	
 no_update_info= all_into_one= remove_redundant= local=
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
diff --git a/git-reset.sh b/git-reset.sh
index 2086d26d34..72ef303aed 100755
--- a/git-reset.sh
+++ b/git-reset.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
 	die 'Usage: git reset [--mixed | --soft | --hard]  [<commit-ish>]'
diff --git a/git-resolve.sh b/git-resolve.sh
index 7d8fb54f95..fcc5ad7349 100755
--- a/git-resolve.sh
+++ b/git-resolve.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Resolve two trees.
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
 	die "git-resolve <head> <remote> <merge-message>"
diff --git a/git-revert.sh b/git-revert.sh
index 4ba6912f0d..c1aebb159c 100755
--- a/git-revert.sh
+++ b/git-revert.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 case "$0" in
 *-revert* )
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index dbb98842bf..e343349c00 100755
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Set up GIT_DIR and GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
-# and return true if everything looks ok
-#
-: ${GIT_DIR=.git}
-: ${GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY="$GIT_DIR/objects"}
+# This is included in commands that either have to be run from the toplevel
+# of the repository, or with GIT_DIR environment variable properly.
+# If the GIT_DIR does not look like the right correct git-repository,
+# it dies.
 
 # Having this variable in your environment would break scripts because
 # you would cause "cd" to be be taken to unexpected places.  If you
@@ -12,6 +11,9 @@
 # exporting it.
 unset CDPATH
 
+: ${GIT_DIR=.git}
+: ${GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY="$GIT_DIR/objects"}
+
 die() {
 	echo >&2 "$@"
 	exit 1
@@ -22,4 +24,5 @@ refs/*)	: ;;
 *)	false ;;
 esac &&
 [ -d "$GIT_DIR/refs" ] &&
-[ -d "$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/" ]
+[ -d "$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/" ] ||
+	die "Not a git repository."
diff --git a/git-status.sh b/git-status.sh
index 837f334d87..b90ffc198d 100755
--- a/git-status.sh
+++ b/git-status.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+GIT_DIR=$(git-rev-parse --git-dir) || exit
 
 report () {
   header="#
diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index 1375945307..16efc5b70a 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "Usage: git-tag [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f | -d] [-m <msg>] <tagname> [<head>]"
diff --git a/git-verify-tag.sh b/git-verify-tag.sh
index ed4c893968..3c65f4a6b5 100755
--- a/git-verify-tag.sh
+++ b/git-verify-tag.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 type="$(git-cat-file -t "$1" 2>/dev/null)" ||
 	die "$1: no such object."