1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 7c6e15b7..a374649f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -100,14 +100,17 @@ sub new {
  sub git_path ($$) {
          my ($self, $path) = @_;
          $self->{-git_path}->{$path} //= do {
-                local $/ = "\n";
-                chomp(my $str = $self->qx(qw(rev-parse --git-path), $path));
-
-                # git prior to 2.5.0 did not understand --git-path
-                if ($str eq "--git-path\n$path") {
-                        $str = "$self->{git_dir}/$path";
+                my $d = "$self->{git_dir}/$path";
+                if (-e $d) {
+                        $d;
+                } else {
+                        local $/ = "\n";
+                        my $s = $self->qx(qw(rev-parse --git-path), $path);
+                        chomp $s;
+
+                        # git prior to 2.5.0 did not understand --git-path
+                        $s eq "--git-path\n$path" ? $d : $s;
                  }
-                $str;
          };
  }