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[PATCH] rev-parse: fix --git-common-dir when executed from subpath of main tree

From
Michael Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 4, 2016, 01:42 UTC
Message-ID
<1459734143-95832-1-git-send-email-rappazzo@gmail.com>

Executing `git-rev-parse --git-common-dir` from the root of the main worktree results in '.git', which is the relative path to the git dir. When executed from a subpath of the main tree it returned somthing like: 'sub/path/.git'. Change this to return the proper relative path to the git directory (similar to `--show-cdup`).

Add as test to t1500-rev-parse.sh for this case and adjust another test in t2027-worktree-list.sh to use this expectation.

Signed-off-by: Michael Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/rev-parse.c      | 14 ++++++++++++--
 t/t1500-rev-parse.sh     | 10 ++++++++++
 t/t2027-worktree-list.sh |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index c961b74..c2918e1 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -787,8 +787,18 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--git-common-dir")) {
-				const char *pfx = prefix ? prefix : "";
-				puts(prefix_filename(pfx, strlen(pfx), get_git_common_dir()));
+				const char *git_common_dir = get_git_common_dir();
+				if (prefix && !is_absolute_path(git_common_dir)) {
+					const char *pfx = prefix;
+					while (pfx) {
+						pfx = strchr(pfx, '/');
+						if (pfx) {
+							pfx++;
+							printf("../");
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				printf("%s\n", git_common_dir);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--is-inside-git-dir")) {
diff --git a/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh b/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
index 48ee077..2023208 100755
--- a/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
+++ b/t/t1500-rev-parse.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 test_description='test git rev-parse'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+test_expect_success 'git-common-dir inside sub-dir' '
+   (
+		mkdir -p path/to/child &&
+		cd path/to/child &&
+		echo "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup).git" >expect &&
+		git rev-parse --git-common-dir >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_rev_parse() {
 	name=$1
 	shift
diff --git a/t/t2027-worktree-list.sh b/t/t2027-worktree-list.sh
index 1b1b65a..3780b14 100755
--- a/t/t2027-worktree-list.sh
+++ b/t/t2027-worktree-list.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-parse --git-common-dir on main worktree' '
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 	mkdir sub &&
 	git -C sub rev-parse --git-common-dir >actual2 &&
-	echo sub/.git >expected2 &&
+	echo ../.git >expected2 &&
 	test_cmp expected2 actual2
 '
 
-- 
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  1. rev-parse: fix --git-common-dir when executed from subpath of main treeMichael Rappazzo, Apr 4, 2016
  2. Eric SunshineApr 4, 2016
  3. Duy NguyenApr 8, 2016
  4. Mike RappazzoApr 8, 2016
  5. Mike HommeyMay 19, 2016
  6. Mike RappazzoMay 19, 2016
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