[GSoC Patch v6 2/4] rev-parse: use append_formatted_path() for path formatting

From

K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

Date

Jun 20, 2026, 03:16 UTC

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<20260620031644.353772-3-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

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Mentored-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/rev-parse.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index bb882678fe..6de01466db 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -653,53 +653,38 @@ enum default_type {
 	DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED,
 };
 
-static void print_path(const char *path, const char *prefix, enum format_type format, enum default_type def)
+static void print_path(const char *path, const char *prefix,
+		       enum format_type format, enum default_type def)
 {
-	char *cwd = NULL;
-	/*
-	 * We don't ever produce a relative path if prefix is NULL, so set the
-	 * prefix to the current directory so that we can produce a relative
-	 * path whenever possible.  If we're using RELATIVE_IF_SHARED mode, then
-	 * we want an absolute path unless the two share a common prefix, so don't
-	 * set it in that case, since doing so causes a relative path to always
-	 * be produced if possible.
-	 */
-	if (!prefix && (format != FORMAT_DEFAULT || def != DEFAULT_RELATIVE_IF_SHARED))
-		prefix = cwd = xgetcwd();
-	if (format == FORMAT_DEFAULT && def == DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED) {
-		puts(path);
-	} else if (format == FORMAT_RELATIVE ||
-		  (format == FORMAT_DEFAULT && def == DEFAULT_RELATIVE)) {
-		/*
-		 * In order for relative_path to work as expected, we need to
-		 * make sure that both paths are absolute paths.  If we don't,
-		 * we can end up with an unexpected absolute path that the user
-		 * didn't want.
-		 */
-		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, realbuf = STRBUF_INIT, prefixbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
-		if (!is_absolute_path(path)) {
-			strbuf_realpath_forgiving(&realbuf, path,  1);
-			path = realbuf.buf;
-		}
-		if (!is_absolute_path(prefix)) {
-			strbuf_realpath_forgiving(&prefixbuf, prefix, 1);
-			prefix = prefixbuf.buf;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	enum path_format fmt;
+
+	if (format == FORMAT_RELATIVE) {
+		fmt = PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE;
+	} else if (format == FORMAT_CANONICAL) {
+		fmt = PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL;
+	} else /* FORMAT_DEFAULT */ {
+		switch (def) {
+		case DEFAULT_RELATIVE:
+			fmt = PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE;
+			break;
+		case DEFAULT_RELATIVE_IF_SHARED:
+			fmt = PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE_IF_SHARED;
+			break;
+		case DEFAULT_CANONICAL:
+			fmt = PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL;
+			break;
+		case DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED:
+		default:
+			fmt = PATH_FORMAT_UNMODIFIED;
+			break;
 		}
-		puts(relative_path(path, prefix, &buf));
-		strbuf_release(&buf);
-		strbuf_release(&realbuf);
-		strbuf_release(&prefixbuf);
-	} else if (format == FORMAT_DEFAULT && def == DEFAULT_RELATIVE_IF_SHARED) {
-		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-		puts(relative_path(path, prefix, &buf));
-		strbuf_release(&buf);
-	} else {
-		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-		strbuf_realpath_forgiving(&buf, path, 1);
-		puts(buf.buf);
-		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
-	free(cwd);
+
+	append_formatted_path(&sb, path, prefix, fmt);
+	puts(sb.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
 
 int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,

-- 
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