Confusing error if the alias root is not set (or wrong)

[naxoc]

I had an error in an alias file, but the error message I got seemed to be from git.

Here is the error message. Note the cd &&. It has nowhere to cd.

Sanity checking [7.29 sec, 8.99 MB]                                                                                 [status]   
Undefined index: root deployotron.actions.inc:290 [7.29 sec, 8.99 MB]                                                  [notice]
Executing: cd  && git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules --                                                                
  fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git                                                         
Repository not clean. [7.3 sec, 8.99 MB]                                                                            [error]    
sanity check failed. [7.3 sec, 8.99 MB]