Support for mirrorred repositories
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Description
When trying to scan a git repository checked out using `git clone --mirror`, the tool fails with an error:
```fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree```
To duplicate, try the following:
```
git clone --mirror https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets.git
cd git-secrets.git/
git secrets --scan
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the failure by running `git clone --mirror` on the example repository, then `git secrets --scan` from the mirrored checkout. Trace the command entry point and how it invokes Git, and verify that scanning a mirror completes without the work-tree error while normal repositories still work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, shell
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100