gps: unset some GIT_* variables for git operations

gps/cmd.go

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 package gps
 
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
 func (c cmd) Args() []string {
 	return c.Cmd.Args
 }
@@ -15,3 +19,15 @@ func (c cmd) SetDir(dir string) {
 func (c cmd) SetEnv(env []string) {
 	c.Cmd.Env = env
 }
+
+func init() {
+	// For our git repositories, we very much assume a "regular" topology.
+	// Therefore, no value for the following variables can be relevant to
+	// us. Unsetting globally properly propagates to libraries like
+	// github.com/Masterminds/vcs, which cannot make the same assumption in
+	// general.
+	parasiteGitVars := []string{"GIT_DIR", "GIT_INDEX_FILE", "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_WORK_TREE"}
+	for _, e := range parasiteGitVars {
+		os.Unsetenv(e)
+	}
+}