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Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] includeIf: add "worktree" condition for matching working tree path

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jul 9, 2026, 20:40 UTC
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Chen Linxuan via B4 Relay <devnull+me.black-desk.cn@kernel.org> writes:

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> The `includeIf` mechanism already supports matching on the `.git`
> directory path (`gitdir`) and the currently checked out branch
> (`onbranch`).  But in multi-worktree setups the `.git` directory of a
> linked worktree points into the main repository's `.git/worktrees/`
> area, which makes `gitdir` patterns cumbersome when one wants to
> include config based on the working tree's checkout path instead.
Thanks.

This seems to break t1305 when merged to 'seen', even though all of them pass standalone. I did not have time to figure out what interactions with which other topic are causing the breakages.

Previous: Patrick Steinhardt
Message 7 of 7 in “includeIf: add "worktree" condition for matching working tree path”
  1. 0/3 includeIf: add "worktree" condition for matching working tree pathChen Linxuan via B4 Relay, Jul 9, 2026
  2. 2/3 repository: keep a symlink-preserving copy of the worktree pathChen Linxuan via B4 Relay, Jul 9, 2026
  3. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2026
  4. 1/3 config: refactor include_by_gitdir() into include_by_path()Chen Linxuan via B4 Relay, Jul 9, 2026
  5. 3/3 config: add "worktree" and "worktree/i" includeIf conditionsChen Linxuan via B4 Relay, Jul 9, 2026
  6. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2026

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