From 349db765d1891316ea789068c8d78b1ff374a7c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Klesse <54418919+pascal-klesse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 12:11:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server create): tolerate non-git cwd when checking work
 tree

`git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree` exits 128 outside a repo and aborted
`lt server create` after a successful template clone; treat that as false.
---
 src/commands/server/create.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/server/create.ts b/src/commands/server/create.ts
index 374467f..6b83506 100644
--- a/src/commands/server/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/server/create.ts
@@ -287,9 +287,12 @@ const NewCommand: GluegunCommand = {
       return `created server symlink ${name}`;
     }
 
-    // Git initialization (after npm install which is done in setupServer)
+    // Git initialization (after npm install which is done in setupServer).
+    // When cwd is not inside a repo, `git rev-parse` exits 128 — treat as false.
     if (git) {
-      const inGit = (await system.run('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree'))?.trim();
+      const inGit = (
+        await system.run('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null || echo false')
+      )?.trim();
       if (inGit !== 'true') {
         // Determine initGit with priority: CLI > config > interactive
         let initializeGit: boolean;