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Re: [PATCH 1/2] wt-status: avoid passing NULL worktree

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2026, 17:46 UTC
Message-ID
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Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>
> In preparation for removing the repository argument from
> worktree_git_path() add a function to construct a "struct worktree"
> from a "struct repository" and use that to avoid passing a NULL
> worktree to wt_status_check_bisect() and wt_status_check_rebase().
>

Okay this makes sense, I'm curious how 'wt->id = NULL' is going to be handled. Let's see

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> wt_status_check_bisect() and wt_status_check_rebase() have the following
> callers:
>
>  - branch.c:prepare_checked_out_branches() which loops over all
>    worktrees.
>
>  - worktree.c:is_worktree_being_rebased() which is called from
>    builtin/branch.c:reject_rebase_or_bisect_branch() that loops over all
>    worktrees and worktree.c:is_shared_symref() which dereferences wt
>    earlier in the function.
>
>  - wt-status:wt_status_get_state() which is updated to avoid passing a
>    NULL worktree by this patch.
>
> This updates the only callers that pass a NULL worktree to
> worktree_git_path().
>

I was thinking surely there must be other places where we also pass NULL for worktree, but doesn't seem like there are any such instances.

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> Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> ---
>  worktree.c  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  worktree.h  |  5 ++++-
>  wt-status.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
> index 9308389cb6f..fd182c319b7 100644
> --- a/worktree.c
> +++ b/worktree.c
> @@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ static int is_current_worktree(struct worktree *wt)
>  	return is_current;
>  }
>
> +struct worktree *get_worktree_from_repository(struct repository *repo)
> +{
> +	struct worktree *wt = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*wt));
> +	char *gitdir = absolute_pathdup(repo->gitdir);
> +	char *commondir = absolute_pathdup(repo->commondir);
> +
> +	wt->repo = repo;
> +	if (repo->worktree)
> +		wt->path = absolute_pathdup(repo->worktree);

Shouldn't this always be set? I guess my question is, will `repo->worktree` ever be NULL?

> +	wt->is_bare = !!repo->worktree;
> +	if (fspathcmp(gitdir, commondir))
> +		wt->id = xstrdup(find_last_dir_sep(commondir) + 1);
So here we continue to treat NULL as the main worktree. Okay.
> +	wt->is_current = is_current_worktree(wt);

Since we're getting the worktree from the repo, shouldn't this be 'true'?

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> +	add_head_info(wt);
> +
> +	free(gitdir);
> +	free(commondir);
> +	return wt;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>  * When in a secondary worktree, and when extensions.worktreeConfig
>  * is true, only $commondir/config and $commondir/worktrees/<id>/
> diff --git a/worktree.h b/worktree.h
> index e4bcccdc0ae..b162bbabd50 100644
> --- a/worktree.h
> +++ b/worktree.h
> @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ struct worktree **get_worktrees(void);
>   */
>  struct worktree **get_worktrees_without_reading_head(void);
>
> -/*
> +/* Construct a struct worktree from a struct repository */
> +struct worktree *get_worktree_from_repository(struct repository *repo);
> +
> + /*
Nit: extra space?
>   * Returns 1 if linked worktrees exist, 0 otherwise.
>   */
>  int submodule_uses_worktrees(const char *path);
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Message 21 of 39 in “worktree: change representation and usage of primary worktree”
  1. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 13, 2026
  2. [RFC][PATCH 1/2] worktree: represent the primary worktree with '/' instead of NULLShreyansh Paliwal, Feb 13, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2026
  4. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 14, 2026
  5. [RFC][PATCH 2/2] worktree: stop passing NULL as primary worktreeShreyansh Paliwal, Feb 13, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2026
  7. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 14, 2026
  8. Phillip WoodFeb 14, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2026
  10. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 15, 2026
  11. Phillip WoodFeb 16, 2026
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  13. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 17, 2026
  14. 0/2 worktree_git_path(): remove repository argumentPhillip Wood, Feb 16, 2026
  15. 1/2 wt-status: avoid passing NULL worktreePhillip Wood, Feb 16, 2026
  16. Phillip WoodFeb 17, 2026
  17. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 17, 2026
  18. Phillip WoodFeb 17, 2026
  19. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 17, 2026
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  21. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  22. Phillip WoodFeb 18, 2026
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2026
  24. Phillip WoodFeb 18, 2026
  25. 2/2 path: remove repository argument from worktree_git_path()Phillip Wood, Feb 16, 2026
  26. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  27. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 17, 2026
  28. Phillip WoodFeb 17, 2026
  29. Shreyansh PaliwalFeb 17, 2026
  30. 0/2 worktree_git_path(): remove repository argumentPhillip Wood, Feb 19, 2026
  31. 1/2 wt-status: avoid passing NULL worktreePhillip Wood, Feb 19, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  33. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  34. Phillip WoodFeb 25, 2026
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2026
  36. Phillip WoodFeb 26, 2026
  37. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
  38. 2/2 path: remove repository argument from worktree_git_path()Phillip Wood, Feb 19, 2026
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026

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