diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 5a25ccb1dd6..73aa67d46ec 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ class Repository
   def raw_repository
     return nil unless path_with_namespace
 
-    @raw_repository ||= begin
-      repo = Gitlab::Git::Repository.new(path_to_repo)
-      repo.autocrlf = :input
-      repo
-    rescue Gitlab::Git::Repository::NoRepository
-      nil
-    end
+    @raw_repository ||= Gitlab::Git::Repository.new(path_to_repo)
+  end
+
+  def update_autocrlf_option
+    raw_repository.autocrlf = :input if raw_repository.autocrlf != :input
   end
 
   # Return absolute path to repository
@@ -40,7 +38,12 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def exists?
-    raw_repository
+    return false unless raw_repository
+
+    raw_repository.rugged
+    true
+  rescue Gitlab::Git::Repository::NoRepository
+    false
   end
 
   def empty?
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def commit(id = 'HEAD')
-    return nil unless raw_repository
+    return nil unless exists?
     commit = Gitlab::Git::Commit.find(raw_repository, id)
     commit = Commit.new(commit, @project) if commit
     commit
@@ -693,6 +696,8 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def commit_with_hooks(current_user, branch)
+    update_autocrlf_option
+
     oldrev = Gitlab::Git::BLANK_SHA
     ref = Gitlab::Git::BRANCH_REF_PREFIX + branch
     was_empty = empty?
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index 2cd0606a61d..ed91b62c534 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -200,13 +200,22 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
 
   describe :commit_with_hooks do
     context 'when pre hooks were successful' do
-      it 'should run without errors' do
-        expect_any_instance_of(GitHooksService).to receive(:execute).and_return(true)
+      before do
+        expect_any_instance_of(GitHooksService).to receive(:execute).
+          and_return(true)
+      end
 
+      it 'should run without errors' do
         expect do
           repository.commit_with_hooks(user, 'feature') { sample_commit.id }
         end.not_to raise_error
       end
+
+      it 'should ensure the autocrlf Git option is set to :input' do
+        expect(repository).to receive(:update_autocrlf_option)
+
+        repository.commit_with_hooks(user, 'feature') { sample_commit.id }
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when pre hooks failed' do
@@ -220,6 +229,25 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#exists?' do
+    it 'returns true when a repository exists' do
+      expect(repository.exists?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when a repository does not exist' do
+      expect(repository.raw_repository).to receive(:rugged).
+        and_raise(Gitlab::Git::Repository::NoRepository)
+
+      expect(repository.exists?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when there is no namespace' do
+      allow(repository).to receive(:path_with_namespace).and_return(nil)
+
+      expect(repository.exists?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#has_visible_content?' do
     subject { repository.has_visible_content? }
 
@@ -249,6 +277,33 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#update_autocrlf_option' do
+    describe 'when autocrlf is not already set to :input' do
+      before do
+        repository.raw_repository.autocrlf = true
+      end
+
+      it 'sets autocrlf to :input' do
+        repository.update_autocrlf_option
+
+        expect(repository.raw_repository.autocrlf).to eq(:input)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when autocrlf is already set to :input' do
+      before do
+        repository.raw_repository.autocrlf = :input
+      end
+
+      it 'does nothing' do
+        expect(repository.raw_repository).to_not receive(:autocrlf=).
+          with(:input)
+
+        repository.update_autocrlf_option
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#empty?' do
     let(:empty_repository) { create(:project_empty_repo).repository }