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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktree

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 2, 2026, 18:09 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 10:31:48AM -0500, Derrick Stolee wrote:
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> > I think you could make arguments either way about what should happen
> > when spawning a command in another repo. But I'd really prefer for us to
> > have a single spot to specify that policy, and not subtly-different
> > behavior from different commands. So I'd really like to see this using
> > that other function (or the logic from it factored out into a helper).
> 
> I agree that it would be best to have a single place.
> 
> I was looking at prepare_other_repo_env() and saw that it requires a
> computed gitdir, which is not easy to compute. We want the child process
> to perform that discovery based on the -C parameter.
> 
> However, we can extract the existing environment clearing logic and use
> that here. I'll give that a try and confirm that it passes the tests
> that I prepared to fix the bugs in this version.

Yeah, that was exactly the refactoring I had in mind. What you have in v3 looks good.

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> > Dropping GIT_CONFIG_* from the environment does make sense in general,
> > but it doesn't actually happen with the patch above (because only
> > GIT_CONFIG_COUNT is in the local_repo_env list; to find the others we'd
> > have to actually enumerate the current environment).
> 
> It has GIT_CONFIG (the local Git config file), GIT_CONFIG_COUNT, and
> GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS. My patch was wrong because of the string, showing
> the value in having tests to confirm the right behavior.

Ah, I forgot about GIT_CONFIG (though it obviously would not match CONFIG_, even if we correctly said GIT_CONFIG_). It's mostly a historical oddity for git-config itself and can be ignored (other commands do not even look at it, and we'd never set it ourselves).

-Peff
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  2. 1/2 for-each-repo: stop using the_repositoryDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2026
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  4. Derrick StoleeFeb 24, 2026
  5. 2/2 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2026
  6. Eric SunshineFeb 24, 2026
  7. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2026
  8. Derrick StoleeFeb 24, 2026
  9. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2026
  10. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 24, 2026
  11. 0/2 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2026
  12. 1/2 for-each-repo: test outside of repo contextDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2026
  13. 2/2 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2026
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2026
  15. Derrick StoleeFeb 25, 2026
  16. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2026
  17. Derrick StoleeFeb 26, 2026
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
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  21. Derrick StoleeFeb 27, 2026
  22. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2026
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  24. Derrick StoleeMar 2, 2026
  25. Jeff KingMar 2, 2026
  26. 0/4 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2026
  27. 1/4 for-each-repo: test outside of repo contextDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2026
  28. Jeff KingMar 2, 2026
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  30. Derrick StoleeMar 2, 2026
  31. 2/4 run-command: extract clear_local_repo_env helperDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2026
  32. Jeff KingMar 2, 2026
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  34. Derrick StoleeMar 2, 2026
  35. 3/4 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2026
  36. Jeff KingMar 2, 2026
  37. Derrick StoleeMar 2, 2026
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  39. 4/4 for-each-repo: simplify passing of parametersDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2026
  40. Jeff KingMar 2, 2026
  41. 0/4 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 3, 2026
  42. 1/4 for-each-repo: test outside of repo contextDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 3, 2026
  43. 2/4 run-command: extract sanitize_repo_env helperDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 3, 2026
  44. 3/4 for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 3, 2026
  45. 4/4 for-each-repo: simplify passing of parametersDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Mar 3, 2026
  46. Jeff KingMar 5, 2026
  47. Patrick SteinhardtMar 5, 2026
  48. Derrick StoleeMar 5, 2026

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