diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
index 2fc127aba..684ba78ba 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
@@ -748,10 +748,12 @@ func isLocalRepo(gitClient *git.Client) (bool, error) {
 			return false, projectDirErr
 		}
 	}
-	if projectDir != ".git" {
-		return false, nil
+
+	if projectDir == ".git" || projectDir == "." {
+		return true, nil
 	}
-	return true, nil
+
+	return false, nil
 }
 
 // clone the checkout branch to specified path
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
index cc0ec602a..cef86db9c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
@@ -443,6 +443,68 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantStdout: "✓ Created repository OWNER/REPO on GitHub\n  https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "interactive with existing bare repository public",
+			opts: &CreateOptions{Interactive: true},
+			tty:  true,
+			promptStubs: func(p *prompter.PrompterMock) {
+				p.ConfirmFunc = func(message string, defaultValue bool) (bool, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "Add a remote?":
+						return false, nil
+					default:
+						return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected confirm prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+				p.InputFunc = func(message, defaultValue string) (string, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "Path to local repository":
+						return defaultValue, nil
+					case "Repository name":
+						return "REPO", nil
+					case "Description":
+						return "my new repo", nil
+					default:
+						return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected input prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+				p.SelectFunc = func(message, defaultValue string, options []string) (int, error) {
+					switch message {
+					case "What would you like to do?":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Push an existing local repository to GitHub")
+					case "Visibility":
+						return prompter.IndexFor(options, "Private")
+					default:
+						return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected select prompt: %s", message)
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`query UserCurrent\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"data":{"viewer":{"login":"someuser","organizations":{"nodes": []}}}}`))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`mutation RepositoryCreate\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+					{
+						"data": {
+							"createRepository": {
+								"repository": {
+									"id": "REPOID",
+									"name": "REPO",
+									"owner": {"login":"OWNER"},
+									"url": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO"
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}`))
+			},
+			execStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
+				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse --git-dir`, 0, ".")
+				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse HEAD`, 0, "commithash")
+			},
+			wantStdout: "✓ Created repository OWNER/REPO on GitHub\n  https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "interactive with existing repository public add remote and push",
 			opts: &CreateOptions{Interactive: true},
@@ -696,6 +758,39 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "noninteractive create bare from source",
+			opts: &CreateOptions{
+				Interactive: false,
+				Source:      ".",
+				Name:        "REPO",
+				Visibility:  "PRIVATE",
+			},
+			tty: false,
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.GraphQL(`mutation RepositoryCreate\b`),
+					httpmock.StringResponse(`
+					{
+						"data": {
+							"createRepository": {
+								"repository": {
+									"id": "REPOID",
+									"name": "REPO",
+									"owner": {"login":"OWNER"},
+									"url": "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO"
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}`))
+			},
+			execStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
+				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse --git-dir`, 0, ".")
+				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse HEAD`, 0, "commithash")
+				cs.Register(`git -C . remote add origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
+			},
+			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "noninteractive clone from scratch",
 			opts: &CreateOptions{