[GSoC Patch v6 0/7] add more path keys to git repo info
From: K Jayatheerth <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-11 14:46:10
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 v5:
* Refactored get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, ...): Updated
function signature and callers (builtin/rev-parse.c, builtin/repo.c)
to accept repo, eliminating xgetcwd().
Note on path.cdup duplication:
As discussed in v5, path.cdup currently duplicates the prefix-counting
logic from rev-parse to keep this feature arc self-contained.
A follow-up refactoring series will be sent immediately after this
to introduce a shared repo-info helper library, deduplicating this
and other overlapping path logic across repo and rev-parse.
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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
builtin/rev-parse.c | 2 +-
submodule.c | 43 ++++----
submodule.h | 2 +-
t/t1900-repo-info.sh | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
6 files changed, 430 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v5:
1: 4ce9dcb24e = 1: 3880485020 repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting
2: c431008d40 ! 2: e75e17b44e repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, str
return 0;
}
-+static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo UNUSED, struct strbuf *buf)
++static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+ struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
+
-+ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(&superproject)) {
++ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(repo, &superproject)) {
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+ }
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, str
+{
+ struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
+
-+ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(&superproject)) {
++ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(repo, &superproject)) {
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+ }
@@ builtin/repo.c: static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
{ "path.toplevel.relative", get_path_toplevel_relative },
{ "references.format", get_references_format },
+ ## builtin/rev-parse.c ##
+@@ builtin/rev-parse.c: int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-superproject-working-tree")) {
+ struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
+- if (get_superproject_working_tree(&superproject))
++ if (get_superproject_working_tree(the_repository, &superproject))
+ print_path(superproject.buf, prefix, format, DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED);
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ continue;
+
+ ## submodule.c ##
+@@ submodule.c: void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
+ absorb_git_dir_into_superproject_recurse(path, super_prefix);
+ }
+
+-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
++int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf)
+ {
+ struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf one_up = STRBUF_INIT;
+- char *cwd = xgetcwd();
++ struct strbuf target_wt = STRBUF_INIT;
++ const char *worktree;
+ int ret = 0;
+ const char *subpath;
+ int code;
+ ssize_t len;
+
+- if (!is_inside_work_tree(the_repository))
+- /*
+- * FIXME:
+- * We might have a superproject, but it is harder
+- * to determine.
+- */
++ worktree = repo_get_work_tree(r);
++ if (!worktree)
++ goto out;
++
++ if (!strbuf_realpath(&target_wt, worktree, 0))
+ goto out;
+
+- if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, "../", 0))
++ strbuf_addf(&one_up, "%s/..", target_wt.buf);
++ if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, one_up.buf, 0))
+ goto out;
+
+- subpath = relative_path(cwd, one_up.buf, &sb);
++ subpath = relative_path(target_wt.buf, one_up.buf, &sb);
+
+ prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env);
+ strvec_pop(&cp.env);
+
+- strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", "..",
++ strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", one_up.buf,
+ "ls-files", "-z", "--stage", "--full-name", "--",
+ subpath, NULL);
+ strbuf_reset(&sb);
+@@ submodule.c: int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+ cp.git_cmd = 1;
+
+ if (start_command(&cp))
+- die(_("could not start ls-files in .."));
++ die(_("could not start ls-files in %s"), one_up.buf);
+
+ len = strbuf_read(&sb, cp.out, PATH_MAX);
+ close(cp.out);
+
+ if (starts_with(sb.buf, "160000")) {
+ int super_sub_len;
+- int cwd_len = strlen(cwd);
++ int wt_len = target_wt.len;
+ char *super_sub, *super_wt;
+
+ /*
+@@ submodule.c: int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+ super_sub = strchr(sb.buf, '\t') + 1;
+ super_sub_len = strlen(super_sub);
+
+- if (super_sub_len > cwd_len ||
+- strcmp(&cwd[cwd_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
+- BUG("returned path string doesn't match cwd?");
++ if (super_sub_len > wt_len ||
++ strcmp(&target_wt.buf[wt_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
++ BUG("returned path string doesn't match worktree?");
+
+- super_wt = xstrdup(cwd);
+- super_wt[cwd_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
++ super_wt = xstrdup(target_wt.buf);
++ super_wt[wt_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
+
+ strbuf_realpath(buf, super_wt, 1);
+ ret = 1;
+@@ submodule.c: int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+ code = finish_command(&cp);
+
+ if (code == 128)
+- /* '../' is not a git repository */
++ /* parent directory is not a git repository */
+ ret = 0;
+ else if (code == 0 && len == 0)
+- /* There is an unrelated git repository at '../' */
++ /* There is an unrelated git repository at parent directory */
+ ret = 0;
+ else if (code)
+ die(_("ls-tree returned unexpected return code %d"), code);
+@@ submodule.c: int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+ out:
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ strbuf_release(&one_up);
+- free(cwd);
++ strbuf_release(&target_wt);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+
+ ## submodule.h ##
+@@ submodule.h: void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
+ * project is a submodule of. If this repository is not a submodule of
+ * another repository, return 0.
+ */
+-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf);
++int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf);
+
+ #endif
+
## t/t1900-repo-info.sh ##
@@ t/t1900-repo-info.sh: test_repo_info_path 'gitdir with explicit GIT_DIR' 'gitdir' \
'.git' \
@@ t/t1900-repo-info.sh: test_repo_info_path 'gitdir with explicit GIT_DIR' 'gitdir
test_expect_success 'path.toplevel absolute and relative' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
+@@ t/t1900-repo-info.sh: test_expect_success 'path.toplevel absolute and relative in a bare repository' '
+ )
+ '
+
++test_expect_success 'path.superproject-root works with --git-dir' '
++ test_when_finished "rm -rf sub super" &&
++ git init sub &&
++ test_commit -C sub initial &&
++ git init super &&
++ (
++ cd super &&
++ git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule add "../sub" sub &&
++ git commit -m "add submodule" &&
++
++ SUPER_ROOT="$(test-tool path-utils real_path .)" &&
++ MODULE_DIR="$SUPER_ROOT/.git/modules/sub" &&
++
++ echo "path.superproject-root.absolute=$SUPER_ROOT" >expect &&
++ git --git-dir="$MODULE_DIR" repo info path.superproject-root.absolute >actual &&
++ test_cmp expect actual
++ )
++'
+ test_done
3: 8664f8aaae ! 3: ae8a2592b3 repo: add path.hooks with absolute and relative suffixes
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, str
+ return 0;
+}
+
- static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo UNUSED, struct strbuf *buf)
+ static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
{
struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ builtin/repo.c: static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
4: 438f7e4e16 ! 4: 7f27bf14b9 repo: add path.index with absolute and relative suffixes
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_path_hooks_relative(struct repository *repo, stru
+ return 0;
+}
+
- static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo UNUSED, struct strbuf *buf)
+ static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
{
struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ builtin/repo.c: static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
5: 82be68426c = 5: cc52587980 repo: add path.grafts with absolute and relative suffixes
6: 346f1654d3 = 6: 77bf284a05 repo: add path.git-prefix
7: 3ccdd9b5e4 = 7: e30d98f5da repo: add path.cdup
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