[GSoC Patch v5 5/7] repo: add path.grafts with absolute and relative suffixes

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K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

Date

Aug 25, 2026, 17:58 UTC

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<20260825175818.645579-6-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>
---
 Documentation/git-repo.adoc | 11 +++++++++++
 builtin/repo.c              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t1900-repo-info.sh        |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
index 08ef47750c..868ab0ed9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@ values that they return:
 `path.gitdir.relative`::
 	The path to the Git repository directory relative to the current working directory.
 
+`path.grafts.absolute`::
+	The canonical absolute path to the repository's graft file.
+	Respects the `GIT_GRAFT_FILE` environment override. The path is
+	returned regardless of whether the file currently exists on disk.
+
+`path.grafts.relative`::
+	The path to the repository's graft file relative to the current
+	working directory. Respects the `GIT_GRAFT_FILE` environment
+	override. The path is returned regardless of whether the file
+	currently exists on disk.
+
 `path.hooks.absolute`::
 	The canonical absolute path to the repository's hooks directory.
 	Respects the `core.hooksPath` configuration. If `core.hooksPath` is
diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
index 2a15327094..779240109d 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -122,6 +122,28 @@ static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_path_grafts_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	const char *graft_file = repo_get_graft_file(repo);
+
+	if (!graft_file)
+		return error(_("unable to get graft file"));
+
+	format_path(buf, graft_file, "", PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_path_grafts_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	const char *graft_file = repo_get_graft_file(repo);
+
+	if (!graft_file)
+		return error(_("unable to get graft file"));
+
+	format_path(buf, graft_file, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int get_path_hooks_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
 	struct strbuf hooks_path = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -230,6 +252,8 @@ static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
 	{ "path.commondir.relative", get_path_commondir_relative },
 	{ "path.gitdir.absolute", get_path_gitdir_absolute },
 	{ "path.gitdir.relative", get_path_gitdir_relative },
+	{ "path.grafts.absolute", get_path_grafts_absolute },
+	{ "path.grafts.relative", get_path_grafts_relative },
 	{ "path.hooks.absolute", get_path_hooks_absolute },
 	{ "path.hooks.relative", get_path_hooks_relative },
 	{ "path.index.absolute", get_path_index_absolute },
diff --git a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
index 431a4842d4..adc4a92487 100755
--- a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
+++ b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ test_repo_info_path 'gitdir with explicit GIT_DIR' 'gitdir' \
 	'.git' \
 	'GIT_DIR="../.git" && export GIT_DIR'
 
+test_repo_info_path 'grafts standard' 'grafts' '.git/info/grafts'
+
+test_repo_info_path 'grafts with GIT_GRAFT_FILE override' 'grafts' \
+	'custom-graft-file' \
+	'GIT_GRAFT_FILE="$ROOT/custom-graft-file" && export GIT_GRAFT_FILE'
+
 test_repo_info_path 'hooks standard' 'hooks' '.git/hooks'
 
 test_repo_info_path 'hooks with core.hooksPath override' 'hooks' \

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