From 1d95b01514ebdb2f89d94f14881025a78aee4e2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim O'Farrell <tofarr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:34:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Keep the existing behavior in the docker command.
 (#9724)

---
 containers/app/Dockerfile | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/containers/app/Dockerfile b/containers/app/Dockerfile
index ceee03645d..c6e2b48c5d 100644
--- a/containers/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/app/Dockerfile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ENV OPENHANDS_BUILD_VERSION=$OPENHANDS_BUILD_VERSION
 ENV SANDBOX_USER_ID=0
 ENV FILE_STORE=local
 ENV FILE_STORE_PATH=/.openhands
+ENV INIT_GIT_IN_EMPTY_WORKSPACE=1
 RUN mkdir -p $FILE_STORE_PATH
 RUN mkdir -p $WORKSPACE_BASE