gh fails to find git directory in ntfs mounted drive

[SamuelFountain]

Describe the bug

A clear and concise description of what the bug is. Include version by typing gh --version.

running gh issue list from an ntfs mounted drive, gh fails to find the git repository.

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ gh --version
gh version 1.6.0-pre.3-67-ge949a247 (2021-02-13)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/latest

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Found on an OpenSUSE tumbleweed
Drive mounted with
UUID="" /run/media/sam/HDD ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

1. Clone a GitHub repository into the mounted drive. (or copy an already clone repository into the mounted drive)
2. Type this gh issue list
3. View the output

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
/snap/gh/318/usr/bin/git: exit status 128

Expected vs actual behavior

Expected gh to open up a pager with the list of issues for this repository, instead get fatal: not a git repository error.

Tested first with a repository cloned to my home directory, git status shows it is a git directory, gh issue list works as expected. Copy the entire directory into the mounted Drive. git status shows it is still a git directory, gh issue list fails to recognize it as a directory.

Logs

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~ via ⬢ v14.15.4 via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ cd ~/repo-test

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ gh issue list

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB underwent 2s
➜ cd ..

~ via ⬢ v14.15.4 via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ cp -r repo-test /run/media/sam/HDD/Documents

~ via ⬢ v14.15.4 via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ cd /run/media/sam/HDD/Documents/repo-test

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
➜ gh issue list
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
/snap/gh/318/usr/bin/git: exit status 128

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 🐍 v3.8.7 via  4GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
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[mislav]

Thank you for reporting! Did you install GitHub CLI as a snap? Note that we currently discourage using gh as a snap because snaps are not designed to package tools like ours. #328 (comment)

Can you run git remote -v from the directory where gh issue list fails, btw?

[SamuelFountain]

.⊣ repo-test on  master via 6GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
❯ git remote -v
origin git@github.umn.edu:repo-test.git (fetch)
origin git@github.umn.edu:/repo-test.git (push)

Yes, I was using it as a snap, signed into my enterprise server, and set to use ssh. Switching to the rpm version on the release page
⊣ repo-test on  master via 6GiB/16GiB | 0B/2GiB
❯ gh --version
gh version 1.5.0 (2021-01-21)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v1.5.0

This issue no longer happens.

[mislav]

Okay, thanks for checking. I suggest you use any mode installation other than Snap because its containment design simply doesn't work for apps like ours. Note that we don't publish a Snap officially, but 3rd-party snaps exist and we can't really stop them.