3 files changed, 53 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/modules/git/attribute/checker.go b/modules/git/attribute/checker.go
index c17006a154..167b31416e 100644
--- a/modules/git/attribute/checker.go
+++ b/modules/git/attribute/checker.go
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ func checkAttrCommand(gitRepo *git.Repository, treeish string, filenames, attrib
 			)
 			cancel = deleteTemporaryFile
 		}
-	} // else: no treeish, assume it is a not a bare repo, read from working directory
+	} else {
+		// Read from existing index, in cases where the repo is bare and has an index,
+		// or the work tree contains unstaged changes that shouldn't affect the attribute check.
+		// It is caller's responsibility to add changed ".gitattributes" into the index if they want to respect the new changes.
+		cmd.AddArguments("--cached")
+	}
 
 	cmd.AddDynamicArguments(attributes...)
 	if len(filenames) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/git/attribute/checker_test.go b/modules/git/attribute/checker_test.go
index 97db43460b..67fbda8918 100644
--- a/modules/git/attribute/checker_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/attribute/checker_test.go
@@ -57,8 +57,18 @@ func Test_Checker(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedAttrs(), attrs["i-am-a-python.p"])
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Run git check-attr in bare repository using index", func(t *testing.T) {
+		attrs, err := CheckAttributes(t.Context(), gitRepo, "", CheckAttributeOpts{
+			Filenames:  []string{"i-am-a-python.p"},
+			Attributes: LinguistAttributes,
+		})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, attrs, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, expectedAttrs(), attrs["i-am-a-python.p"])
+	})
+
 	if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportCheckAttrOnBare {
-		t.Skip("git version 2.40 is required to support run check-attr on bare repo")
+		t.Skip("git version 2.40 is required to support run check-attr on bare repo without using index")
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/cmdverb.go b/modules/git/cmdverb.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d6f4ae0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/git/cmdverb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package git
+
+const (
+	CmdVerbUploadPack      = "git-upload-pack"
+	CmdVerbUploadArchive   = "git-upload-archive"
+	CmdVerbReceivePack     = "git-receive-pack"
+	CmdVerbLfsAuthenticate = "git-lfs-authenticate"
+	CmdVerbLfsTransfer     = "git-lfs-transfer"
+
+	CmdSubVerbLfsUpload   = "upload"
+	CmdSubVerbLfsDownload = "download"
+)
+
+func IsAllowedVerbForServe(verb string) bool {
+	switch verb {
+	case CmdVerbUploadPack,
+		CmdVerbUploadArchive,
+		CmdVerbReceivePack,
+		CmdVerbLfsAuthenticate,
+		CmdVerbLfsTransfer:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func IsAllowedVerbForServeLfs(verb string) bool {
+	switch verb {
+	case CmdVerbLfsAuthenticate,
+		CmdVerbLfsTransfer:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}