Re: [PATCH v3] worktree: detect from secondary worktree if main worktree is bare

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"Olga Pilipenco via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> +/*
> +* When in a secondary worktree, and when extensions.worktreeConfig
> +* is true, only $commondir/config and $commondir/worktrees/<id>/
> +* config.worktree are consulted, hence any core.bare=true setting in
> +* $commondir/config.worktree gets overlooked. Thus, check it manually
> +* to determine if the repository is bare.
> +*/
> +static int is_main_worktree_bare(struct repository *repo)
> +{
> +	int bare = 0;
> +	struct config_set cs = {0};
> +	char *worktree_config = xstrfmt("%s/config.worktree", repo_get_common_dir(repo));
> +
> +	git_configset_init(&cs);
> +	git_configset_add_file(&cs, worktree_config);
> +	git_configset_get_bool(&cs, "core.bare", &bare);
> +
> +	git_configset_clear(&cs);
> +	free(worktree_config);
> +	return bare;
> +}

That is nicely described.

>  /**
>   * get the main worktree
>   */
> @@ -79,16 +101,11 @@ static struct worktree *get_main_worktree(int skip_reading_head)
>  	CALLOC_ARRAY(worktree, 1);
>  	worktree->repo = the_repository;
>  	worktree->path = strbuf_detach(&worktree_path, NULL);
> -	/*
> -	 * NEEDSWORK: If this function is called from a secondary worktree and
> -	 * config.worktree is present, is_bare_repository_cfg will reflect the
> -	 * contents of config.worktree, not the contents of the main worktree.
> -	 * This means that worktree->is_bare may be set to 0 even if the main
> -	 * worktree is configured to be bare.
> -	 */
> -	worktree->is_bare = (is_bare_repository_cfg == 1) ||
> -		is_bare_repository();
>  	worktree->is_current = is_current_worktree(worktree);
> +	worktree->is_bare = (is_bare_repository_cfg == 1) ||
> +		is_bare_repository() ||
> +		(!worktree->is_current && is_main_worktree_bare(the_repository));

Is "this worktree does not have is_current bit set" equivalent to
"this worktree is the main one, so is_main_worktree_bare() needs to
be consulted"?  That linkage between "the is_current bit unset" and
"is the main worktree" is not obvious to me.

Thanks.