diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index c46784a..87d57c4 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -2816,7 +2816,7 @@ function! fugitive#BufReadStatus(...) abort
       call s:AddHeader('Push', push)
     endif
     if empty(s:Tree())
-      if get(fugitive#ConfigGetAll('core.bare', config), 0, 'true') !~# '^\%(false\|no|off\|0\|\)$'
+      if get(fugitive#ConfigGetAll('core.bare', config), 0, '') !~# '^\%(false\|no|off\|0\|\)$'
         call s:AddHeader('Bare', 'yes')
       else
         call s:AddHeader('Error', s:worktree_error)
diff --git a/plugin/fugitive.vim b/plugin/fugitive.vim
index 7d0836e..c24d33a 100644
--- a/plugin/fugitive.vim
+++ b/plugin/fugitive.vim
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ function! s:Tree(path) abort
       if len(wt_config) == 1
         let worktree = FugitiveVimPath(matchstr(wt_config[0], '= *\zs.*'))
       else
-        call filter(config,'v:val =~# "^\\s*bare *= *false *$"')
-        if len(config)
+        call filter(config,'v:val =~# "^\\s*bare *= *true *$"')
+        if empty(config)
           let s:worktree_for_dir[dir] = 0
         endif
       endif