Re: [GSoC Patch v2 5/7] repo: add path.index with absolute and relative suffix formatting

From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2026, 00:35 UTC
Message-ID: <845D6852-98F5-4168-82CD-90B3B476BCF5@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260717133015.32040-6-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>

> Introduce `path.index.absolute` and `path.index.relative` keys to
> `git repo info`. This allows tooling utilities to discover the active
> index context cleanly while scaling transparently with localized
> `GIT_INDEX_FILE` environment overrides.

Note that bare repositories doesn't need to have an index file. Maybe it would be better if you return an empty value in those cases.

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