/**
  * Verify if the repository root points to a valid Git repository.
  *
  * @return boolean
  *   TRUE if the repository path is a bare Git Repository.
  */
 public function isValidGitRepo()
 {
     // do not use exec() method to get the shell return code
     if (!$this->envSet) {
         $this->setEnv();
     }
     $logs = array();
     $git_bin = _versioncontrol_git_get_binary_path();
     exec(escapeshellcmd("{$git_bin} ls-files"), $logs, $shell_return);
     if ($shell_return != 0) {
         return FALSE;
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
 public function passthru($command, $exception = FALSE)
 {
     $command = escapeshellcmd(_versioncontrol_git_get_binary_path() . ' ' . $command);
     $env = array('GIT_DIR' => $this->repository->root);
     return $this->proc_open($command, $exception, file_exists($this->repository->root) ? $this->repository->root : NULL, $env);
 }