# for compatibility with existing ssoma installations
# we can probably remove this entirely by 2020
my $git_dir = $self->{git}->{git_dir};
- # XXX: change the following scope to: if (-e $index) # in 2018 or so..
my @cmd = ('git', "--git-dir=$git_dir");
- if ($nchg && !$ENV{FAST}) {
- my $index = "$git_dir/ssoma.index";
+ my $index = "$git_dir/ssoma.index";
+ if ($nchg && -e $index && !$ENV{FAST}) {
my $env = { GIT_INDEX_FILE => $index };
run_die([@cmd, qw(read-tree -m -v -i), $self->{ref}], $env);
}