1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 2731b7ed2..8fb2f2ce7 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ cleanup_gnulib() {
 }
 
 git_modules_config () {
-  GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git config "$@"
+  test -f .gitmodules && git config --file .gitmodules "$@"
 }
 
 # Get gnulib files.