diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7b2c1952..3e89a956c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ jobs:
           extra_args: --debug --only-verified
 ```
 
-# Precommit Hook
+# Pre-commit Hook
 
-Trufflehog can be used in a precommit hook to prevent credentials from leaking before they ever leave your computer.
+Trufflehog can be used in a pre-commit hook to prevent credentials from leaking before they ever leave your computer.
 An example `.pre-commit-config.yaml` is provided (see [pre-commit.com](https://pre-commit.com/) for installation).
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3b1c07afe..9adc98b7c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.3
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.22.0
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.0
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.1
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.5
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible
-	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.15.2
 	github.com/google/go-github/v42 v42.0.0
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.20.1 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.0 // indirect
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.24 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.18 // indirect
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/s3 v1.1.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2c276ae8..e9b86dae5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0/go.mod h1:IhtSnM/ZTZV8YYJWCY8RULGVqBDmpoyjwiy
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.5.0/go.mod h1:tpKbwo567HUNpVclU5sGELwQWBDZ8gh0ZeosJ0Rtdos=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.31.0 h1:+S3LjjEN2zZ+L5hOwj4+1OkGCsLVe0NzpXKQ1pSdTCI=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.31.0/go.mod h1:81ams1PrhW16L4kF7qg+4mTq7SRs5HsbDTM0bWvrwJ0=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v0.19.0/go.mod h1:h6H6c8enJmmocHUbLiiGY6sx7f9i+X3m1CHdd5c6Rdw=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v0.11.0/go.mod h1:HcM1YX14R7CJcghJGOYCgdezslRSVzqwLf/q+4Y2r/0=
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@ github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376/go.mod h1:an3vInlBmS
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.4.1 h1:Uwp5tDRkPr+l/TnbHOQzp+tmJfLceOlbVucgpTz8ix4=
 github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:vjbugF6Fz7JIflbVpl1hJsGjSHNltrSw45YK/ukIvQg=
 github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v4 v4.3.2-0.20230305113008-0c11038e723f h1:Pz0DHeFij3XFhoBRGUDPzSJ+w2UcK5/0JvF8DRI58r8=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.0 h1:Rc543s6Tyq+YcyPwZRvU4jzZGM8rB/wWu94TnTIYALQ=
-github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:coJHKEOk5kUClpsNlXrUvPrDxY3w3gjHvhcZd8Fodw8=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.1 h1:Zo79E4p7TRk0xoRgMq0RShiTHGKcKI4+DI6BfJc/Q+A=
+github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.8.1/go.mod h1:FHFuoD6yGz5OSKEBK+aWN9Oah0q54Jxl0abmj6GnqAo=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.5 h1:ekEKmaDrpvR2yf5Nc/DClsGG9lAmdDixe44mLzlW5r8=
@@ -303,13 +305,9 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.4/go.mod h1:Jy/gPYAdjqffZ/yFGCFV2doI5
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1 h1:0hERBMJE1eitiLkihrMvRVBYAkpHzc/J3QdDN+dAcgU=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.4 h1:7GHuZcgid37q8o5i3QI9KMT4nCWQQ3Kx3Ov6bb9MfK0=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20210905161508-09a460cdf81d/go.mod h1:aYm2/VgdVmcIU8iMfdMvDMsRAQjcfZSKFby6HOFvi/w=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15 h1:M8XP7IuFNsqUx6VPK2P9OSmsYsI/YFaGil0uD21V3dM=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.15/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
 github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.2.0 h1:lXNvW7cBu7R/68bknOX3MrRIIqZ61zELs1P2RAiA3lg=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 163509453..614101f13 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var (
 	gitScanSinceCommit  = gitScan.Flag("since-commit", "Commit to start scan from.").String()
 	gitScanBranch       = gitScan.Flag("branch", "Branch to scan.").String()
 	gitScanMaxDepth     = gitScan.Flag("max-depth", "Maximum depth of commits to scan.").Int()
+	gitScanBare         = gitScan.Flag("bare", "Scan bare repository (e.g. useful while using in pre-receive hooks)").Bool()
 	_                   = gitScan.Flag("allow", "No-op flag for backwards compat.").Bool()
 	_                   = gitScan.Flag("entropy", "No-op flag for backwards compat.").Bool()
 	_                   = gitScan.Flag("regex", "No-op flag for backwards compat.").Bool()
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ func run(state overseer.State) {
 			HeadRef:      *gitScanBranch,
 			BaseRef:      *gitScanSinceCommit,
 			MaxDepth:     *gitScanMaxDepth,
+			Bare:         *gitScanBare,
 			Filter:       filter,
 			ExcludeGlobs: excludedGlobs,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/git.go b/pkg/engine/git.go
index d6786e190..6e0983298 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/git.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/git.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func (e *Engine) ScanGit(ctx context.Context, c sources.GitConfig) error {
 	if c.ExcludeGlobs != nil {
 		opts = append(opts, git.ScanOptionExcludeGlobs(c.ExcludeGlobs))
 	}
+	if c.Bare {
+		opts = append(opts, git.ScanOptionBare(c.Bare))
+	}
 	scanOptions := git.NewScanOptions(opts...)
 
 	connection := &sourcespb.Git{
@@ -46,8 +49,7 @@ func (e *Engine) ScanGit(ctx context.Context, c sources.GitConfig) error {
 		Directories: []string{c.RepoPath},
 	}
 	var conn anypb.Any
-	err := anypb.MarshalFrom(&conn, connection, proto.MarshalOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := anypb.MarshalFrom(&conn, connection, proto.MarshalOptions{}); err != nil {
 		ctx.Logger().Error(err, "failed to marshal git connection")
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gitparse/gitparse.go b/pkg/gitparse/gitparse.go
index 2f5262cf3..2813178a2 100644
--- a/pkg/gitparse/gitparse.go
+++ b/pkg/gitparse/gitparse.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func (c1 *Commit) Equal(c2 *Commit) bool {
 }
 
 // RepoPath parses the output of the `git log` command for the `source` path.
-func (c *Parser) RepoPath(ctx context.Context, source string, head string, abbreviatedLog bool, excludedGlobs []string) (chan Commit, error) {
+func (c *Parser) RepoPath(ctx context.Context, source string, head string, abbreviatedLog bool, excludedGlobs []string, isBare bool) (chan Commit, error) {
 	args := []string{"-C", source, "log", "-p", "--full-history", "--date=format:%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y %z"}
 	if abbreviatedLog {
 		args = append(args, "--diff-filter=AM")
@@ -177,7 +178,21 @@ func (c *Parser) RepoPath(ctx context.Context, source string, head string, abbre
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
 	absPath, err := filepath.Abs(source)
 	if err == nil {
-		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("GIT_DIR=%s", filepath.Join(absPath, ".git")))
+		if !isBare {
+			cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GIT_DIR="+filepath.Join(absPath, ".git"))
+		} else {
+			cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env,
+				"GIT_DIR="+absPath,
+			)
+			// We need those variables to handle incoming commits
+			// while using trufflehog in pre-receive hooks
+			if dir := os.Getenv("GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY"); dir != "" {
+				cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY="+dir)
+			}
+			if dir := os.Getenv("GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES"); dir != "" {
+				cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES="+dir)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return c.executeCommand(ctx, cmd, false)
diff --git a/pkg/sources/git/git.go b/pkg/sources/git/git.go
index d0e5f5b27..5148c7bb6 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/git/git.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/git/git.go
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ func (s *Source) scanDirs(ctx context.Context, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk) e
 		if len(gitDir) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(gitDir, "git") {
+		if !s.scanOptions.Bare && strings.HasSuffix(gitDir, "git") {
 			// TODO: Figure out why we skip directories ending in "git".
 			continue
 		}
 		// try paths instead of url
-		repo, err := RepoFromPath(gitDir)
+		repo, err := RepoFromPath(gitDir, s.scanOptions.Bare)
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.Logger().Info("error scanning repository", "repo", gitDir, "error", err)
 			continue
@@ -278,10 +278,11 @@ func (s *Source) scanDirs(ctx context.Context, chunksChan chan *sources.Chunk) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func RepoFromPath(path string) (*git.Repository, error) {
-	options := &git.PlainOpenOptions{
-		DetectDotGit:          true,
-		EnableDotGitCommonDir: true,
+func RepoFromPath(path string, isBare bool) (*git.Repository, error) {
+	options := &git.PlainOpenOptions{}
+	if !isBare {
+		options.DetectDotGit = true
+		options.EnableDotGitCommonDir = true
 	}
 	return git.PlainOpenWithOptions(path, options)
 }
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ func (s *Git) ScanCommits(ctx context.Context, repo *git.Repository, path string
 		return err
 	}
 
-	commitChan, err := gitparse.NewParser().RepoPath(ctx, path, scanOptions.HeadHash, scanOptions.BaseHash == "", scanOptions.ExcludeGlobs)
+	commitChan, err := gitparse.NewParser().RepoPath(ctx, path, scanOptions.HeadHash, scanOptions.BaseHash == "", scanOptions.ExcludeGlobs, scanOptions.Bare)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -621,8 +622,10 @@ func (s *Git) ScanRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *git.Repository, repoPath strin
 	if err := s.ScanCommits(ctx, repo, repoPath, scanOptions, chunksChan); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.ScanStaged(ctx, repo, repoPath, scanOptions, chunksChan); err != nil {
-		ctx.Logger().V(1).Info("error scanning unstaged changes", "error", err)
+	if !scanOptions.Bare {
+		if err := s.ScanStaged(ctx, repo, repoPath, scanOptions, chunksChan); err != nil {
+			ctx.Logger().V(1).Info("error scanning unstaged changes", "error", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// We're logging time, but the repoPath is usually a dynamically generated folder in /tmp
diff --git a/pkg/sources/git/scan_options.go b/pkg/sources/git/scan_options.go
index 09572a6fb..d55914191 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/git/scan_options.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/git/scan_options.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type ScanOptions struct {
 	BaseHash     string // When scanning a git.Log, this is the oldest/first commit.
 	HeadHash     string
 	MaxDepth     int64
+	Bare         bool
 	ExcludeGlobs []string
 	LogOptions   *git.LogOptions
 }
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ func ScanOptionLogOptions(logOptions *git.LogOptions) ScanOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func ScanOptionBare(bare bool) ScanOption {
+	return func(scanOptions *ScanOptions) {
+		scanOptions.Bare = bare
+	}
+}
+
 func NewScanOptions(options ...ScanOption) *ScanOptions {
 	scanOptions := &ScanOptions{
 		Filter:   common.FilterEmpty(),
diff --git a/pkg/sources/sources.go b/pkg/sources/sources.go
index a09975f41..4ecc46e80 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/sources.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/sources.go
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ type GitConfig struct {
 	BaseRef string
 	// MaxDepth is the maximum depth to scan the source.
 	MaxDepth int
+	// Bare is an indicator to handle bare repositories properly.
+	Bare bool
 	// Filter is the filter to use to scan the source.
 	Filter *common.Filter
 	// ExcludeGlobs is a list of globs to exclude from the scan.