From 77d663dfd484e55b5a0742d55aaf22d75114d15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tidy-dev <75402236+tidy-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:38:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Check if the path being checked is the repo found path

---
 app/src/ui/add-repository/create-repository.tsx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/ui/add-repository/create-repository.tsx b/app/src/ui/add-repository/create-repository.tsx
index 392c473a7af..14d635a7719 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/add-repository/create-repository.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/add-repository/create-repository.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ export const isGitRepository = async (path: string) => {
     return directoryExists(join(path, '.git'))
   }
 
+  if (type.kind === 'regular') {
+    // If the path is a regular repository, we'll check if the top level. If it
+    // isn't than, the path is a subfolder of the repository and a user may want
+    // to make it into a repository.
+    // TODO: Opportunity to provide information about submodules?
+    return type.topLevelWorkingDirectory === path
+  }
+
   return type.kind !== 'missing'
 }