1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 0dfed682b8..1e4b6178f7 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -927,9 +927,6 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "core.pager"))
-		return git_config_string(&pager_program, var, value);
-
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.editor"))
 		return git_config_string(&editor_program, var, value);
 
@@ -1289,7 +1286,7 @@ static int do_git_config_sequence(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 	int ret = 0;
 	char *xdg_config = xdg_config_home("config");
 	char *user_config = expand_user_path("~/.gitconfig");
-	char *repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
+	char *repo_config = have_git_dir() ? git_pathdup("config") : NULL;
 
 	current_parsing_scope = CONFIG_SCOPE_SYSTEM;
 	if (git_config_system() && !access_or_die(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK, 0))