[GSoC Patch v6 6/7] repo: add path.git-prefix

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K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

Date

Sep 11, 2026, 14:45 UTC

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<20260911144519.1011780-7-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 |  5 +++++
 builtin/repo.c              | 11 +++++++++++
 t/t1900-repo-info.sh        | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
index 868ab0ed9f..fb5aceae8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ values that they return:
 	The path to the Git repository's common directory relative to
 	the current working directory.
 
+`path.git-prefix`::
+	The path from the root of the working tree to the current working
+	directory. Returns the empty string when the current working directory
+	is the root of the working tree.
+
 `path.gitdir.absolute`::
 	The canonical absolute path to the Git repository directory (the `.git` directory).
 
diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
index 33f97b03af..b5e1567809 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ static int get_path_commondir_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *b
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_path_git_prefix(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	/*
+	 * repo->prefix is NULL when the current working directory is
+	 * the worktree root.
+	 */
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, repo->prefix ? repo->prefix : "");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int get_path_gitdir_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
 	const char *git_dir = repo_get_git_dir(repo);
@@ -250,6 +260,7 @@ static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
 	{ "object.format", get_object_format },
 	{ "path.commondir.absolute", get_path_commondir_absolute },
 	{ "path.commondir.relative", get_path_commondir_relative },
+	{ "path.git-prefix", get_path_git_prefix },
 	{ "path.gitdir.absolute", get_path_gitdir_absolute },
 	{ "path.gitdir.relative", get_path_gitdir_relative },
 	{ "path.grafts.absolute", get_path_grafts_absolute },
diff --git a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
index 7b0bb0ed42..10bbec8139 100755
--- a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
+++ b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
@@ -215,6 +215,29 @@ test_repo_info_path 'commondir with only GIT_DIR' 'commondir' \
 	'.git' \
 	'GIT_DIR="../.git" && export GIT_DIR'
 
+test_expect_success 'path.git-prefix at repository root' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		echo "path.git-prefix=" >expect &&
+		git repo info path.git-prefix >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path.git-prefix in subdirectory' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	mkdir -p repo/sub/dir &&
+	(
+		cd repo/sub/dir &&
+		echo "path.git-prefix=sub/dir/" >expect &&
+		git repo info path.git-prefix >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_repo_info_path 'gitdir standard' 'gitdir' '.git'
 
 test_repo_info_path 'gitdir with explicit GIT_DIR' 'gitdir' \

-- 
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