diff --git a/src/subcommand/add_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/add_subcommand.cpp
index 9988d25..51f57c1 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/add_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/add_subcommand.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ add_subcommand::add_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 void add_subcommand::run()
 {
     auto directory = get_current_git_path();
-    auto bare = false;
-    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::open(directory);
 
     index_wrapper index = repo.make_index();
 
diff --git a/src/subcommand/commit_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/commit_subcommand.cpp
index e70f424..d281ec6 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/commit_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/commit_subcommand.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ commit_subcommand::commit_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 void commit_subcommand::run()
 {
     auto directory = get_current_git_path();
-    auto bare = false;
-    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::open(directory);
     auto author_committer_signatures = signature_wrapper::get_default_signature_from_env(repo);
 
     if (m_commit_message.empty())
diff --git a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
index c25e270..490569b 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ void print_commit(const commit_wrapper& commit, std::string m_format_flag)
 void log_subcommand::run()
 {
     auto directory = get_current_git_path();
-    auto bare = false;
-    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::open(directory);
     // auto branch_name = repo.head().short_name();
 
     git_revwalk* walker;
diff --git a/src/subcommand/reset_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/reset_subcommand.cpp
index b862e78..61fa0ae 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/reset_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/reset_subcommand.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ reset_subcommand::reset_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 void reset_subcommand::run()
 {
     auto directory = get_current_git_path();
-    auto bare = false;
-    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::open(directory);
 
     auto target = repo.revparse_single(m_commit);
     if (!target)
diff --git a/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp
index 83ebd6d..88a8783 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/status_subcommand.cpp
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ void print_not_tracked(const std::vector<print_entry>& entries_to_print, const s
 void status_subcommand::run()
 {
     auto directory = get_current_git_path();
-    auto bare = false;
-    auto repo = repository_wrapper::init(directory, bare);
+    auto repo = repository_wrapper::open(directory);
     auto sl = status_list_wrapper::status_list(repo);
     auto branch_name = repo.head().short_name();
 
diff --git a/test/test_add.py b/test/test_add.py
index a5055e8..a772779 100644
--- a/test/test_add.py
+++ b/test/test_add.py
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ def test_add(xtl_clone, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, all_flag):
         assert "Untracked files" not in p_status.stdout
     else:
         assert "Untracked files" in p_status.stdout
+
+def test_add_nogit(git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
+    p = tmp_path / "mook_file.txt"
+    p.write_text('')
+
+    cmd_add = [git2cpp_path, 'add', 'mook_file.txt']
+    p_add = subprocess.run(cmd_add, cwd=tmp_path, text=True)
+    assert p_add.returncode != 0
diff --git a/test/test_branch.py b/test/test_branch.py
index 4e1f9fe..f81bc8c 100644
--- a/test/test_branch.py
+++ b/test/test_branch.py
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ def test_branch_create_delete(xtl_clone, git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
     p_list2 = subprocess.run(list_cmd, capture_output=True, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
     assert p_list2.returncode == 0
     assert(p_list2.stdout == '* master\n')
+
+def test_branch_nogit(git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
+    cmd = [git2cpp_path, 'branch']
+    p = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, cwd=tmp_path, text=True)
+    assert p.returncode != 0
diff --git a/test/test_log.py b/test/test_log.py
index 659c7a4..d7dae3d 100644
--- a/test/test_log.py
+++ b/test/test_log.py
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ def test_log(xtl_clone, git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, monkeypatch, format_
         else:
             assert "CommitDate" in p_log.stdout
 
+def test_log_nogit(git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
+    cmd_log = [git2cpp_path, 'log']
+    p_log = subprocess.run(cmd_log, capture_output=True, cwd=tmp_path, text=True)
+    assert p_log.returncode != 0
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("max_count_flag", ["", "-n", "--max-count"])
 def test_max_count(xtl_clone, git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, monkeypatch, max_count_flag):
diff --git a/test/test_reset.py b/test/test_reset.py
index 74e9aa1..3b86a1d 100644
--- a/test/test_reset.py
+++ b/test/test_reset.py
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ def test_reset(xtl_clone, git_config, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     p_log = subprocess.run(cmd_log_2, capture_output=True, cwd=xtl_path, text=True)
     assert p_log.returncode == 0
     assert "Jane Doe" not in p_log.stdout
+
+def test_reset_nogit(git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
+    cmd_reset = [git2cpp_path, "reset", "--hard", "HEAD~1"]
+    p_reset = subprocess.run(cmd_reset, capture_output=True, cwd=tmp_path, text=True)
+    assert p_reset.returncode != 0
+
diff --git a/test/test_status.py b/test/test_status.py
index cfacb7b..ab7288e 100644
--- a/test/test_status.py
+++ b/test/test_status.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ def test_status_new_file(xtl_clone, git2cpp_path, tmp_path, short_flag, long_fla
         assert " D " in p.stdout
         assert "?? " in p.stdout
 
+def test_status_nogit(git2cpp_path, tmp_path):
+    cmd = [git2cpp_path, 'status']
+    p = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, cwd=tmp_path, text=True)
+    assert p.returncode != 0
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("short_flag", ["", "-s", "--short"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("long_flag", ["", "--long"])