# [PATCH 2/2] repo: add the field path.common-dir 1 messages from 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-01. Participants: Pushkar Singh. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/65108 ## Pushkar Singh, 2026-03-01 14:01 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] repo: add the field path.common-dir Message-ID: <20260301140137.1072709-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20260301140137.1072709-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <0260301134412.1072596-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com> ``` Expose the repository common directory through a new path.common-dir field in git repo info. This mirrors the information available via git rev-parse --common-dir and allows structured retrieval through the repo subcommand. The value respects the --path-format flag. Signed-off-by: Pushkar Singh --- builtin/repo.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c index 8b4c7ae4cb..d42ac2478b 100644 --- a/builtin/repo.c +++ b/builtin/repo.c @@ -88,6 +88,21 @@ static int get_path_git_dir(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf, return 0; } +static int get_path_common_dir(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf, + const char *prefix, + enum path_format_type format) +{ + const char *commondir = repo_get_common_dir(repo); + + if (!commondir) + return error(_("unable to retrieve common directory")); + + strbuf_add_path(buf, commondir, prefix, format, + PATH_DEFAULT_RELATIVE_IF_SHARED); + + return 0; +} + static int get_references_format(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf, const char *prefix UNUSED, enum path_format_type format UNUSED) @@ -102,6 +117,7 @@ static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = { { "layout.bare", get_layout_bare }, { "layout.shallow", get_layout_shallow }, { "object.format", get_object_format }, + { "path.common-dir", get_path_common_dir }, { "path.git-dir", get_path_git_dir }, { "path.toplevel", get_path_toplevel }, { "references.format", get_references_format }, -- 2.43.0 ```