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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion aider/main.py
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Expand Up @@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ def get_git_root():
try:
repo = git.Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
return repo.working_tree_dir
except (git.InvalidGitRepositoryError, FileNotFoundError):
except (git.InvalidGitRepositoryError, git.NoSuchPathError, FileNotFoundError):
# Windows paths containing `$` (e.g. `F:\$data\...` from
# `mklink /D`-style mounts) reach here as `NoSuchPathError`
# because git-python resolves them through the parent search and
# fails the existence check (#2957). Treat the same as no repo,
# aider operates without one, instead of crashing on startup.
return None


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