Magit fails to detect the git repository

[Daniel Hawthorne]

Magit version: magit-20140908.1424 magit-20140908.1424
Git version: 2.1.0
Emacs 24.3.1 on OSX.

When I invoke M-x magit-status from the top level of the git repository, I get the a prompt in the minibuffer like Git repository: /path/to/top-level/dir. When I press return, it further prompts There is no Git repository in /path/to/top-level/dir/. Create one? (y or n).

git rev-parse --show-toplevel works from shell, but
(magit-git-string "rev-parse" "--show-toplevel") returns nil.

There have been previous questions with this behavior, but none of the fixed provided help.

Thanks for your time!

[Jonas Bernoulli]

Daniel Hawthorne <free...@gmail.com> writes:

> Git version: 2.1.0

>
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel works from shell, but
> (magit-git-string "rev-parse" "--show-toplevel") returns nil.

And what does (magit-git-string "--version") return?

[Daniel Hawthorne]

Thanks for responding!

(magit-git-string "--version”) returns nil
C-h v magit-version returns 20140908.1424