Error when trying to run lazygit in bare repo

[x1unix]

Describe the bug

I've a bare repo with worktrees. When I'm trying to run lazygit in bare repo root, I get the following error:

2026/04/03 10:04:43 An error occurred! Please create an issue at: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/issues

*errors.errorString Error getting repo paths: 'git -C /home/x1unix/prometheus rev-parse --path-format=absolute --show-toplevel --absolute-git-dir --git-common-dir --is-bare-repository --show-superproject-working-tree' failed: fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree

github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git.go:67 (0x55bd8bde4f11)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:323 (0x55bd8bf80f25)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:883 (0x55bd8bf85ed6)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:904 (0x55bd8bf86748)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:80 (0x55bd8bb74696)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:903 (0x55bd8bf86676)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:277 (0x55bd8bfe523a)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:48 (0x55bd8bfe51ca)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/app/entry_point.go:177 (0x55bd8bfe7530)
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/main.go:23 (0x55bd8bfe8893)
internal/runtime/atomic/types.go:194 (0x55bd8b7bb3f5)
runtime/asm_amd64.s:1771 (0x55bd8b7fa6c1)

To Reproduce

# 1. Setup repo
mkdir prometheus && cd prometheus
git clone --bare https://github.com/x1unix/prometheus.git .bare
echo 'gitdir: ./.bare'
git remote add upstream https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus.git
git fetch --all

# 2. Create some worktree
git worktree add foobar origin/main

# 3. Run lazygit, but don't cd into a worktree
lazygit

Expected behavior

I want to be able to use lazygit within a bare repo root.

Screenshots

Version info:

commit=v0.60.0, build date=2026-03-09T21:02:48Z, build source=binaryRelease, version=0.60.0, os=linux, arch=amd64, git version=2.53.0

Terminal info:

kitty 0.46.2 created by Kovid Goyal

Additional context

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Note

Please try updating to the latest version or manually building the latest master to see if the issue still occurs.

[IVYIMOH]

Hello
I would love to work on this

[cizzoo]

I solved the problem using:

lazygit -g <.git folder> -w <working directory>

# i.e. lazygit -g dotfiles.git -w $HOME

but I don't see any (un)staged file :(