Determine if directory is under git control

Question

How can I tell if a given directory is part of a git respository?

(The following is in python, but bash or something would be fine.)

os.path.isdir(\'.svn         


        

Answer 1

Well, the directory can also be ignored by the .gitignore file - so you need to check for a .git repository, and if there is one, parse the .gitignore to see whether that directory is indeed in the git repository.

What exactly do you want to do? There may be a simpler way to do this.

EDIT: Do you mean "Is this directory the root of a GIT repository" or, do you mean "Is this directory part of a GIT repository" ?

For the first one, then just check if there is a .git -- since that's at the root, and you're done. For the second one, once you've determined that you're inside a GIT repository, you need to check .gitignore for the subdirectory in question.