1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 0015cc54f4..a772c6dc6c 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1303,12 +1303,17 @@ int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag)
 void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
 	const char *path;
+	char *xdg_path;
 
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 	path = git_path("info/exclude");
+	if (!excludes_file) {
+		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_path, "ignore");
+		excludes_file = xdg_path;
+	}
 	if (!access(path, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, path);
-	if (excludes_file && !access(excludes_file, R_OK))
+	if (!access(excludes_file, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
 }