fixes from #1202

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
index 211d2657..513b8605 100644
--- a/git/repo/base.py
+++ b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -268,13 +268,14 @@ class Repo(object):
 
     # Description property
     def _get_description(self) -> str:
-        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'description') if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'description')
         with open(filename, 'rb') as fp:
             return fp.read().rstrip().decode(defenc)
 
     def _set_description(self, descr: str) -> None:
-
-        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'description') if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'description')
         with open(filename, 'wb') as fp:
             fp.write((descr + '\n').encode(defenc))
 
@@ -460,12 +461,11 @@ class Repo(object):
         elif config_level == "global":
             return osp.normpath(osp.expanduser("~/.gitconfig"))
         elif config_level == "repository":
-            if self._common_dir:
-                return osp.normpath(osp.join(self._common_dir, "config"))
-            elif self.git_dir:
-                return osp.normpath(osp.join(self.git_dir, "config"))
-            else:
+            repo_dir = self._common_dir or self.git_dir
+            if not repo_dir:
                 raise NotADirectoryError
+            else:
+                return osp.normpath(osp.join(repo_dir, "config"))
 
         raise ValueError("Invalid configuration level: %r" % config_level)
 
@@ -611,11 +611,13 @@ class Repo(object):
         return True
 
     def _get_daemon_export(self) -> bool:
-        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, self.DAEMON_EXPORT_FILE) if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, self.DAEMON_EXPORT_FILE)
         return osp.exists(filename)
 
     def _set_daemon_export(self, value: object) -> None:
-        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, self.DAEMON_EXPORT_FILE) if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, self.DAEMON_EXPORT_FILE)
         fileexists = osp.exists(filename)
         if value and not fileexists:
             touch(filename)
@@ -631,7 +633,8 @@ class Repo(object):
         """The list of alternates for this repo from which objects can be retrieved
 
         :return: list of strings being pathnames of alternates"""
-        alternates_path = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'objects', 'info', 'alternates') if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            alternates_path = osp.join(self.git_dir, 'objects', 'info', 'alternates')
 
         if osp.exists(alternates_path):
             with open(alternates_path, 'rb') as f:
@@ -1134,7 +1137,8 @@ class Repo(object):
 
         None if we are not currently rebasing.
         """
-        rebase_head_file = osp.join(self.git_dir, "REBASE_HEAD") if self.git_dir else ""
+        if self.git_dir:
+            rebase_head_file = osp.join(self.git_dir, "REBASE_HEAD")
         if not osp.isfile(rebase_head_file):
             return None
         return self.commit(open(rebase_head_file, "rt").readline().strip())