From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:35:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [GSoC Patch v2 5/7] repo: add path.index with absolute and relative suffix formatting
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.