From 774ca82f3ad64da1acd6941c18c479244e441095 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:17:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent matching bogus parent git directories

If our current directory is not tracked by git we should assume
that the project does not use git as the vcs as any match will
be a false positive.
---
 flit/vcs/__init__.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/flit/vcs/__init__.py b/flit/vcs/__init__.py
index a3e92b39..fe364e52 100644
--- a/flit/vcs/__init__.py
+++ b/flit/vcs/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from . import hg
@@ -7,7 +8,14 @@ def identify_vcs(directory: Path):
     directory = directory.resolve()
     for p in [directory] + list(directory.parents):
         if (p / '.git').is_dir():
-            return git
+            check_ignore = subprocess.run(
+                ['git', 'check-ignore', '.'],
+                cwd=str(directory),
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            ).returncode
+            if check_ignore != 0:
+                return git
         if (p / '.hg').is_dir():
             return hg