git grep --no-index fails when given an absolute path

[triallax@tutanota.com]

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
- Run `git grep --no-index -r -- -- /usr/share/fish/completions/`

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

The command executes the search successfully.

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

This happens:

triallax@satoru ~> git grep --no-index -r -- -- /usr/share/fish/completions/
BUG: environment.c:213: git environment hasn't been setup
fish: Job 1, 'git grep --no-index -r -- -- /u…' terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

One of them is an error, and the other is a successful execution.

Anything else you want to add:

Interestingly enough, this seems to be happening only with absolute paths from
my testing, and it happens even when the directory that's passed is a Git repo.

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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.42.0
cpu: x86_64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
uname: Linux 6.5.8_1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Oct 20 13:35:41 UTC 2023 x86_64
compiler info: gnuc: 12.2
libc info: glibc: 2.36
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/dash


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