diff --git a/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
--- a/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@
 {
     QDir dir=dotGitDirectory(dirPath);
     QFile dotGitPotentialFile(dir.filePath(QStringLiteral(".git")));
+    if (!dotGitPotentialFile.isLocalFile()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     // if .git is a file, we may be in a git worktree
     QFileInfo dotGitPotentialFileInfo(dotGitPotentialFile);
     if (!dotGitPotentialFileInfo.isDir() && dotGitPotentialFile.exists()) {
@@ -294,7 +297,12 @@
             return true;
         }
     }
-    return dir.exists(QStringLiteral(".git/HEAD"));
+    if (!dir.exists(QStringLiteral(".git/HEAD"))) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // check if plugin should be disabled by reading git config
+    QString disabled = readConfigOption(dirPath, "kdevgit.disabled");
+    return disabled.compare(QLatin1String("true"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0;
 }
 
 bool GitPlugin::isValidRemoteRepositoryUrl(const QUrl& remoteLocation)