fixes #4352

nodebb

@@ -47,17 +47,20 @@ var getRunningPid = function(callback) {
 			files: async.apply(fs.readdir, path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules')),
 			deps: async.apply(fs.readFile, path.join(__dirname, 'package.json'), { encoding: 'utf-8' })
 		}, function(err, payload) {
-			try {
 			var isNbbModule = /^nodebb-(?:plugin|theme|widget|rewards)-[\w\-]+$/,
-					moduleName;
+				moduleName, isGitRepo;
 
 			payload.files = payload.files.filter(function(file) {
 				return isNbbModule.test(file);
 			});
 
+			try {
 				payload.deps = JSON.parse(payload.deps).dependencies;
 				payload.bundled = [];
 				payload.installed = [];
+			} catch (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
 			for (moduleName in payload.deps) {
 				if (isNbbModule.test(moduleName)) {
@@ -67,19 +70,24 @@ var getRunningPid = function(callback) {
 
 			// Whittle down deps to send back only extraneously installed plugins/themes/etc
 			payload.files.forEach(function(moduleName) {
+				try {
+					fs.accessSync(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/' + moduleName, '.git'));
+					isGitRepo = true;
+				} catch(e) {
+					isGitRepo = false;
+				}
+
 				if (
 					payload.files.indexOf(moduleName) !== -1	// found in `node_modules/`
 					&& payload.bundled.indexOf(moduleName) === -1	// not found in `package.json`
 					&& !fs.lstatSync(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/' + moduleName)).isSymbolicLink()	// is not a symlink
+					&& !isGitRepo	// .git/ does not exist, so it is not a git repository
 				) {
 					payload.installed.push(moduleName);
 				}
 			});
 
 			getModuleVersions(payload.installed, callback);
-			} catch (err) {
-				callback(err);
-			}
 		});
 	},
 	getModuleVersions = function(modules, callback) {