var: run setup_git_directory_gently() sooner

Part of a campaign to make repository-local configuration
available early (simplifying the startup sequence for
built-in commands).

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/var.c

@@ -74,14 +74,9 @@ static int show_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 
 int cmd_var(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	const char *val;
+	const char *val = NULL;
-	int nongit;
+	if (argc != 2)
-	if (argc != 2) {
 		usage(var_usage);
-	}
-
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-	val = NULL;
 
 	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-l") == 0) {
 		git_config(show_config, NULL);

git.c

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "update-ref", cmd_update_ref, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "update-server-info", cmd_update_server_info, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "upload-archive", cmd_upload_archive },
-		{ "var", cmd_var },
+		{ "var", cmd_var, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "version", cmd_version },
 		{ "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },