[GSoC Patch v5 0/7] add more path keys to git repo info
From: K Jayatheerth <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-25 17:58:43
Series adds keys to git repo info.
Keys output paths of repository components:
* path.toplevel: repository tree.
* path.superproject-root: superproject tree from submodules.
* path.hooks: repository hooks.
* path.index: repository index.
* path.grafts: repository grafts.
* path.git-prefix: prefix offset.
* path.cdup: relative path to top level from subdirectory.
Keys support suffixes for format.
Commits contain documentation and tests.
changes since v4:
* Add path.cdup in git repo.
* Drop unused header cleanup patch as it will be sent in the next set of cleanup only
patches.
K Jayatheerth (7):
repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting
repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes
repo: add path.hooks with absolute and relative suffixes
repo: add path.index with absolute and relative suffixes
repo: add path.grafts with absolute and relative suffixes
repo: add path.git-prefix
repo: add path.cdup
Documentation/git-repo.adoc | 62 +++++++++++++
builtin/repo.c | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
t/t1900-repo-info.sh | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 388 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v4:
1: db54cf2177 = 1: 3880485020 repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting
2: 5f5ab2b844 = 2: 1b7b0d286c repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes
3: a8c3526958 = 3: 517f621eb0 repo: add path.hooks with absolute and relative suffixes
4: a419389911 = 4: 37d28712de repo: add path.index with absolute and relative suffixes
5: a5a28f2e92 = 5: d88340f5a6 repo: add path.grafts with absolute and relative suffixes
6: 39775f8d2f = 6: 38b19d8bfd repo: add path.git-prefix
7: 74dbca6f17 ! 7: d6ce98e25e repo: remove unused setup.h include
@@ Metadata
Author: K Jayatheerth [off-list ref]
## Commit message ##
- repo: remove unused setup.h include
+ repo: add path.cdup
- The repository prefix is now stored in `struct repository`, so
- builtin/repo.c no longer uses any declarations from setup.h.
+ Scripts sometimes need the relative path from the current working
+ directory to the repository's working tree root (cdup). While this
+ information can be retrieved through `git rev-parse --show-cdup`,
+ `git repo info` does not currently expose it as a scriptable key.
- Remove the now-unused include.
+ Introduce the `path.cdup` key to `git repo info`. The key returns the
+ path from the current working directory to the root of the working tree,
+ returning the empty string when invoked from the working tree root.
Mentored-by: Justin Tobler [off-list ref]
Mentored-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro [off-list ref]
Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth [off-list ref]
+ ## Documentation/git-repo.adoc ##
+@@ Documentation/git-repo.adoc: values that they return:
+ `object.format`::
+ The object format (hash algorithm) used in the repository.
+
++`path.cdup`::
++ The path to the root of the working tree relative to the current
++ working directory. Returns the empty string when the current
++ working directory is the root of the working tree.
++
+ `path.commondir.absolute`::
+ The canonical absolute path to the Git repository's common
+ directory (the shared `.git` directory containing objects,
+
## builtin/repo.c ##
-@@
- #include "ref-filter.h"
- #include "refs.h"
- #include "revision.h"
--#include "setup.h"
- #include "strbuf.h"
- #include "string-list.h"
- #include "shallow.h"
+@@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_object_format(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
++static int get_path_cdup(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
++{
++ const char *pfx = repo->prefix;
++
++ while (pfx) {
++ pfx = strchr(pfx, '/');
++ if (pfx) {
++ pfx++;
++ strbuf_addstr(buf, "../");
++ }
++ }
++ return 0;
++}
++
+ static int get_path_commondir_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+ {
+ const char *common_dir = repo_get_common_dir(repo);
+@@ builtin/repo.c: static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
+ { "layout.bare", get_layout_bare },
+ { "layout.shallow", get_layout_shallow },
+ { "object.format", get_object_format },
++ { "path.cdup", get_path_cdup },
+ { "path.commondir.absolute", get_path_commondir_absolute },
+ { "path.commondir.relative", get_path_commondir_relative },
+ { "path.git-prefix", get_path_git_prefix },
+
+ ## t/t1900-repo-info.sh ##
+@@ t/t1900-repo-info.sh: test_repo_info_path 'commondir with only GIT_DIR' 'commondir' \
+ '.git' \
+ 'GIT_DIR="../.git" && export GIT_DIR'
+
++test_expect_success 'path.cdup at repository root' '
++ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
++ git init repo &&
++ (
++ cd repo &&
++ echo "path.cdup=" >expect &&
++ git repo info path.cdup >actual &&
++ test_cmp expect actual
++ )
++'
++
++test_expect_success 'path.cdup in subdirectory' '
++ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
++ git init repo &&
++ mkdir -p repo/sub/dir &&
++ (
++ cd repo/sub/dir &&
++ echo "path.cdup=../../" >expect &&
++ git repo info path.cdup >actual &&
++ test_cmp expect actual
++ )
++'
++
+ test_expect_success 'path.git-prefix at repository root' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+ git init repo &&
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