From: Jayesh Daga via GitGitGadget Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:08:54 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2] repo: add paths.toplevel to repo info Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: Jayesh Daga repo info currently does not expose the repository's working tree root, even though this information is available via `repo_get_work_tree()` and `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`. Add a new field `paths.toplevel` to expose this value. While doing so, document the correspondence between `git rev-parse` options and `repo info` fields to make it easier to identify missing or future additions. For bare repositories, this value is empty, consistent with other non-applicable fields. Signed-off-by: Jayesh Daga [jayeshdaga99@gmail.com](mailto:jayeshdaga99@gmail.com) --- repo: add paths.toplevel to repo info repo info currently does not expose the repository's working tree root, even though this information is available via repo_get_work_tree(). This makes it harder for scripts to retrieve the repository root through a structured interface, often requiring the use of git rev-parse --show-toplevel. Add a new field paths.toplevel to git repo info that returns the working tree root. For bare repositories, this value is empty, consistent with other non-applicable fields. This provides a consistent and script-friendly way to query repository paths without invoking additional commands. Signed-off-by: Jayesh Daga jayeshdaga99@gmail.com Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2264%2Fjayesh0104%2Frepo-toplevel-v2 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2264/jayesh0104/repo-toplevel-v2 Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2264 Range-diff vs v1: 1: 448dfae6a1 ! 1: 05e34bfe2c repo: add paths.toplevel to repo info @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## repo: add paths.toplevel to repo info - Expose the working tree root via `git repo info` as - paths.toplevel, matching the semantics of + repo info currently does not expose the repository's + working tree root, even though this information is + available via `repo_get_work_tree()` and `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`. + Add a new field `paths.toplevel` to expose this value. + + While doing so, document the correspondence between + `git rev-parse` options and `repo info` fields to make + it easier to identify missing or future additions. + For bare repositories, this value is empty, consistent with other non-applicable fields. - This allows scripts to retrieve the repository root - through a structured interface without invoking - rev-parse. - - Signed-off-by: Jayesh Daga + Signed-off-by: Jayesh Daga [jayeshdaga99@gmail.com](mailto:jayeshdaga99@gmail.com) ## builtin/repo.c ## @@ builtin/repo.c: static int get_layout_bare(struct repository *repo UNUSED, struct strbuf *buf) builtin/repo.c | 12 ++++++++++++ t/t1900-repo-info.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c index 71a5c1c29c..d0491f6c66 100644 --- a/builtin/repo.c +++ b/builtin/repo.c @@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ static int get_layout_bare(struct repository *repo UNUSED, struct strbuf *buf) return 0; } +static int get_paths_toplevel(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf) +{ + const char *wt = repo_get_work_tree(repo); + + if (!wt) + return -1; /* match existing error style */ + + strbuf_addstr(buf, wt); + return 0; +} + static int get_layout_shallow(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf) { strbuf_addstr(buf, @@ -87,6 +98,7 @@ static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = { { "layout.bare", get_layout_bare }, { "layout.shallow", get_layout_shallow }, { "object.format", get_object_format }, + { "paths.toplevel", get_paths_toplevel }, { "references.format", get_references_format }, }; diff --git a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh index 39bb77dda0..470e06e8c2 100755 --- a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh +++ b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh @@ -155,4 +155,20 @@ test_expect_success 'git repo info -h shows only repo info usage' ' test_grep ! "git repo structure" actual ' +test_expect_success 'repo info paths.toplevel' ' + git repo info paths.toplevel >actual && + echo "paths.toplevel=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" >expected && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'repo info paths.toplevel (bare repo)' ' + git init --bare bare.git && + ( + cd bare.git && + git repo info paths.toplevel >actual && + echo "paths.toplevel=" >expected && + test_cmp expected actual + ) +' + test_done base-commit: 256554692df0685b45e60778b08802b720880c50 -- gitgitgadget