version: .git is not required to be a directory.

Kyle M. Tarplee · zkat · commit 2e58c4819e3c · 2015-07-30T22:22:59.000-07:00
In a submodule it is actually a file with a line in it that tells git where to find the actual .git directory. PR-URL: #9033
diff --git a/lib/version.js b/lib/version.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function dump (data, cb) {
 
 function checkGit (localData, cb) {
   fs.stat(path.join(npm.localPrefix, '.git'), function (er, s) {
-    var doGit = !er && s.isDirectory() && npm.config.get('git-tag-version')
+    var doGit = !er && npm.config.get('git-tag-version')
     if (!doGit) {
       if (er) log.verbose('version', 'error checking for .git', er)
       log.verbose('version', 'not tagging in git')
