1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 33473bdce0..06b5b5e55e 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * an insanely large number of attributes.
  */
 
+#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
+
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "environment.h"
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 
-const char *git_attr_tree;
+char *git_attr_tree;
 
 const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
 const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false";
@@ -865,7 +867,8 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate,
 		stack = read_attr_from_blob(istate, &istate->cache[sparse_dir_pos]->oid, relative_path, flags);
 	} else {
 		buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, &size);
-		stack = read_attr_from_buf(buf, size, path, flags);
+		if (buf)
+			stack = read_attr_from_buf(buf, size, path, flags);
 	}
 	return stack;
 }
@@ -1205,15 +1208,16 @@ static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 }
 
 static const char *default_attr_source_tree_object_name;
-static int ignore_bad_attr_tree;
 
 void set_git_attr_source(const char *tree_object_name)
 {
 	default_attr_source_tree_object_name = xstrdup(tree_object_name);
 }
 
-static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
+static int compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
 {
+	int ignore_bad_attr_tree = 0;
+
 	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name)
 		default_attr_source_tree_object_name = getenv(GIT_ATTR_SOURCE_ENVIRONMENT);
 
@@ -1222,22 +1226,34 @@ static void compute_default_attr_source(struct object_id *attr_source)
 		ignore_bad_attr_tree = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name || !is_null_oid(attr_source))
-		return;
+	if (!default_attr_source_tree_object_name)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!startup_info->have_repository) {
+		if (!ignore_bad_attr_tree)
+			die(_("cannot use --attr-source or GIT_ATTR_SOURCE without repo"));
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (repo_get_oid_treeish(the_repository,
 				 default_attr_source_tree_object_name,
-				 attr_source) && !ignore_bad_attr_tree)
-		die(_("bad --attr-source or GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));
+				 attr_source)) {
+		if (!ignore_bad_attr_tree)
+			die(_("bad --attr-source or GIT_ATTR_SOURCE"));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static struct object_id *default_attr_source(void)
 {
 	static struct object_id attr_source;
+	static int has_attr_source = -1;
 
-	if (is_null_oid(&attr_source))
-		compute_default_attr_source(&attr_source);
-	if (is_null_oid(&attr_source))
+	if (has_attr_source < 0)
+		has_attr_source = compute_default_attr_source(&attr_source);
+	if (!has_attr_source)
 		return NULL;
 	return &attr_source;
 }
@@ -1288,7 +1304,8 @@ static const char *builtin_object_mode_attr(struct index_state *istate, const ch
 			if (pos >= 0) {
 				 if (S_ISGITLINK(istate->cache[pos]->ce_mode))
 					 mode = istate->cache[pos]->ce_mode;
-			} else if (resolve_gitlink_ref(path, "HEAD", &oid) == 0) {
+			} else if (repo_resolve_gitlink_ref(the_repository, path,
+							    "HEAD", &oid) == 0) {
 				mode = S_IFGITLINK;
 			}
 		}