diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 8a0a9f4bb..7df0fa62f 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Coder:
                 self.repo = GitRepo(
                     self.io,
                     fnames,
-                    ".",
+                    None,
                     models=main_model.commit_message_models(),
                 )
             except FileNotFoundError:
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 964e51ffc..22d5a90dc 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -460,17 +460,20 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
 
     repo = None
     if args.git:
-        repo = GitRepo(
-            io,
-            fnames,
-            git_dname or ".",
-            args.aiderignore,
-            models=main_model.commit_message_models(),
-            attribute_author=args.attribute_author,
-            attribute_committer=args.attribute_committer,
-            attribute_commit_message=args.attribute_commit_message,
-            commit_prompt=args.commit_prompt,
-        )
+        try:
+            repo = GitRepo(
+                io,
+                fnames,
+                git_dname or ".",
+                args.aiderignore,
+                models=main_model.commit_message_models(),
+                attribute_author=args.attribute_author,
+                attribute_committer=args.attribute_committer,
+                attribute_commit_message=args.attribute_commit_message,
+                commit_prompt=args.commit_prompt,
+            )
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
 
     from aider.coders import Coder
     from aider.commands import Commands