Fix notifications --mine outside git repositories (#1056)

Fixes #1055.

## Root cause
`tea notifications --mine` still initialized full repository context before checking the global notification scope, so it probed the current working directory with git and could select or fail on repository-derived context even though repository data is not needed.

## Changes
- Add an InitCommand option to skip local git repository discovery when a command does not need repository context.
- Use that option for notification list and mark-as operations when `--mine` is set.
- Add a regression test that makes `git` fail if invoked and verifies `notifications --mine` still uses the global notifications API.

## Tests
- `go test ./cmd/notifications ./modules/context`

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/tea/pulls/1056

cmd/notifications/list.go

@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ func listNotifications(requestCtx stdctx.Context, cmd *cli.Command, status []git
 	var news []*gitea.NotificationThread
 	var err error
 
-	ctx, err := context.InitCommand(cmd)
+	all := cmd.Bool("mine")
+	ctx, err := context.InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, context.InitOptions{SkipLocalRepo: all})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	client := ctx.Login.Client()
-	all := ctx.Bool("mine")
 
 	// This enforces pagination (see https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/16733)
 	listOpts := flags.GetListOptions(cmd)

cmd/notifications/list_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	stdctx "context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.dev/tea/modules/config"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func TestRunNotificationsListMineDoesNotProbeGitRepository(t *testing.T) {
+	gitPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "git")
+	gitScript := "#!/bin/sh\necho 'git should not be called' >&2\nexit 1\n"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		gitPath += ".bat"
+		gitScript = "@echo git should not be called 1>&2\r\nexit /b 1\r\n"
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(gitPath, []byte(gitScript), 0o755))
+	t.Setenv("PATH", filepath.Dir(gitPath))
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		require.Equal(t, "/api/v1/notifications", r.URL.Path)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	config.SetConfigForTesting(config.LocalConfig{
+		Logins: []config.Login{{
+			Name:    "default",
+			URL:     server.URL,
+			Token:   "token",
+			User:    "user",
+			Default: true,
+		}},
+	})
+
+	cmd := cli.Command{
+		Name:  CmdNotificationsList.Name,
+		Flags: CmdNotificationsList.Flags,
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.Set("mine", "true"))
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.Set("output", "json"))
+
+	require.NoError(t, RunNotificationsList(stdctx.Background(), &cmd))
+}

cmd/notifications/mark_as.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var CmdNotificationsMarkRead = cli.Command{
 	ArgsUsage:   "[all | <notification id>]",
 	Flags:       flags.NotificationFlags,
 	Action: func(requestCtx stdctx.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-		ctx, err := context.InitCommand(cmd)
+		ctx, err := context.InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, context.InitOptions{SkipLocalRepo: cmd.Bool("mine")})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var CmdNotificationsMarkUnread = cli.Command{
 	ArgsUsage:   "[all | <notification id>]",
 	Flags:       flags.NotificationFlags,
 	Action: func(requestCtx stdctx.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-		ctx, err := context.InitCommand(cmd)
+		ctx, err := context.InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, context.InitOptions{SkipLocalRepo: cmd.Bool("mine")})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var CmdNotificationsMarkPinned = cli.Command{
 	ArgsUsage:   "[all | <notification id>]",
 	Flags:       flags.NotificationFlags,
 	Action: func(requestCtx stdctx.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-		ctx, err := context.InitCommand(cmd)
+		ctx, err := context.InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, context.InitOptions{SkipLocalRepo: cmd.Bool("mine")})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var CmdNotificationsUnpin = cli.Command{
 	ArgsUsage:   "[all | <notification id>]",
 	Flags:       flags.NotificationFlags,
 	Action: func(requestCtx stdctx.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-		ctx, err := context.InitCommand(cmd)
+		ctx, err := context.InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, context.InitOptions{SkipLocalRepo: cmd.Bool("mine")})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

modules/context/context.go

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ type TeaContext struct {
 	LocalRepo *git.TeaRepo  // is set if flags specified a local repo via --repo, or if $PWD is a git repo
 }
 
+// InitOptions controls which optional sources InitCommand may inspect.
+type InitOptions struct {
+	// SkipLocalRepo avoids probing the current directory for a git repository.
+	SkipLocalRepo bool
+}
+
 // GetRemoteRepoHTMLURL returns the web-ui url of the remote repo,
 // after ensuring a remote repo is present in the context.
 func (ctx *TeaContext) GetRemoteRepoHTMLURL() (string, error) {
@@ -61,6 +67,12 @@ func shouldPromptFallbackLogin(login *config.Login, canPrompt bool) bool {
 // the remotes of the .git repo specified in repoFlag or $PWD, and using overrides from
 // command flags. If a local git repo can't be found, repo slug values are unset.
 func InitCommand(cmd *cli.Command) (*TeaContext, error) {
+	return InitCommandWithOptions(cmd, InitOptions{})
+}
+
+// InitCommandWithOptions resolves the application context like InitCommand, with
+// optional controls for commands that do not need repository context.
+func InitCommandWithOptions(cmd *cli.Command, opts InitOptions) (*TeaContext, error) {
 	// these flags are used as overrides to the context detection via local git repo
 	repoFlag := cmd.String("repo")
 	loginFlag := cmd.String("login")
@@ -76,7 +88,7 @@ func InitCommand(cmd *cli.Command) (*TeaContext, error) {
 	)
 
 	// check if repoFlag can be interpreted as path to local repo.
-	if len(repoFlag) != 0 {
+	if len(repoFlag) != 0 && !opts.SkipLocalRepo {
 		if repoFlagPathExists, err = utils.DirExists(repoFlag); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -85,6 +97,8 @@ func InitCommand(cmd *cli.Command) (*TeaContext, error) {
 		} else {
 			c.RepoSlug = repoFlag
 		}
+	} else if len(repoFlag) != 0 {
+		c.RepoSlug = repoFlag
 	}
 
 	if len(remoteFlag) == 0 {
@@ -101,24 +115,26 @@ func InitCommand(cmd *cli.Command) (*TeaContext, error) {
 		extraLogins = append(extraLogins, *envLogin)
 	}
 
-	// try to read local git repo & extract context: if repoFlag specifies a valid path, read repo in that dir,
+	if !opts.SkipLocalRepo {
-	// otherwise attempt PWD. if no repo is found, continue with default login
+		// try to read local git repo & extract context: if repoFlag specifies a valid path, read repo in that dir,
-	if repoPath == "" {
+		// otherwise attempt PWD. if no repo is found, continue with default login
-		if repoPath, err = os.Getwd(); err != nil {
+		if repoPath == "" {
-			return nil, err
+			if repoPath, err = os.Getwd(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	var localSlug string
+		var localSlug string
-	if c.LocalRepo, c.Login, localSlug, err = contextFromLocalRepo(repoPath, remoteFlag, extraLogins); err != nil {
+		if c.LocalRepo, c.Login, localSlug, err = contextFromLocalRepo(repoPath, remoteFlag, extraLogins); err != nil {
-		if err == errNotAGiteaRepo || err == git.ErrRepositoryNotExists {
+			if err == errNotAGiteaRepo || err == git.ErrRepositoryNotExists {
-			// we can deal with that, commands needing the optional values use ctx.Ensure()
+				// we can deal with that, commands needing the optional values use ctx.Ensure()
-		} else {
+			} else {
-			return nil, err
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		if c.RepoSlug == "" && localSlug != "" {
+			c.RepoSlug = localSlug
 		}
-	}
-	if c.RepoSlug == "" && localSlug != "" {
-		c.RepoSlug = localSlug
 	}
 
 	// If env vars are set, always use the env login (but repo slug was already