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

With gitpython, you can make a function like this:

import git

...

def is_git_repo(path):
    try:
        _ = git.Repo(path).git_dir
        return True
    except git.exc.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
        return False