2 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 950fe723dc..9034fcae03 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -304,14 +304,19 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
 
     def _isInitialized(self):
         cmd = "git rev-parse --show-toplevel"
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd.split())
+        try:
+            output = runcmd(cmd.split(), self.dir).strip()
+        except CmdError as err:
+            ## runcmd returned non-zero which most likely means 128
+            ## Not a git directory
+            return False
         ## Make sure repo is in builddir to not break top-level git repos
-        return status == 0 and os.path.samedir(output, self.dir)
+        return os.path.samefile(output, self.dir)
 
     def _initRepo(self):
         runcmd("git init".split(), self.dir)
         runcmd("git add .".split(), self.dir)
-        runcmd("git commit -a --allow-empty -m Patching_started".split(), self.dir)
+        runcmd("git commit -a --allow-empty -m bitbake_patching_started".split(), self.dir)
 
     @staticmethod
     def extractPatchHeader(patchfile):
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index ce72c4bcc6..35ad9f3cd6 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -307,11 +307,26 @@ INHERIT:remove = \"report-error\"
         src = get_bb_var("SRC_URI",test_recipe)
         gitscm = re.search("git://", src)
         self.assertFalse(gitscm, "test_git_patchtool pre-condition failed: {} test recipe contains git repo!".format(test_recipe))
-        result = bitbake('man-db -c patch', ignore_status=False)
+        result = bitbake('{} -c patch'.format(test_recipe), ignore_status=False)
         fatal = re.search("fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)", result.output)
         self.assertFalse(fatal, "Failed to patch using PATCHTOOL=\"git\"")
         self.delete_recipeinc(test_recipe)
-        bitbake('-cclean man-db')
+        bitbake('-cclean {}'.format(test_recipe))
+
+    def test_git_patchtool2(self):
+        """ Test if PATCHTOOL=git works with git repo and doesn't reinitialize it
+        """
+        test_recipe = "gitrepotest"
+        src = get_bb_var("SRC_URI",test_recipe)
+        gitscm = re.search("git://", src)
+        self.assertTrue(gitscm, "test_git_patchtool pre-condition failed: {} test recipe doesn't contains git repo!".format(test_recipe))
+        result = bitbake('{} -c patch'.format(test_recipe), ignore_status=False)
+        srcdir = get_bb_var('S', test_recipe)
+        result = runCmd("git log", cwd = srcdir)
+        self.assertFalse("bitbake_patching_started" in result.output, msg = "Repository has been reinitialized. {}".format(srcdir))
+        self.delete_recipeinc(test_recipe)
+        bitbake('-cclean {}'.format(test_recipe))
+
 
     def test_git_unpack_nonetwork(self):
         """