From: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
To: jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, jltobler@gmail.com,
lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: [GSoC Patch v6 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:15:14 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911144519.1011780-3-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911144519.1011780-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Scripts working in multi-repository setups often need to identify the
top-level working tree of a superproject from within a submodule.
Currently, this is only exposed via `git rev-parse
--show-superproject-working-tree`.
Introduce `path.superproject-root.absolute` and
`path.superproject-root.relative` keys to `git repo info`.
This exposes the core submodule context via a scriptable config-like key
using standard format rules.
If requested when not inside a submodule, the command returns an empty
string.
Mentored-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-repo.adoc | 10 +++++++
builtin/repo.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++
builtin/rev-parse.c | 2 +-
submodule.c | 43 ++++++++++++++--------------
submodule.h | 2 +-
t/t1900-repo-info.sh | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
index e34abe5fea..e524a07f53 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ values that they return:
`path.gitdir.relative`::
The path to the Git repository directory relative to the current working directory.
+`path.superproject-root.absolute`::
+ The canonical absolute path to the working tree root of the superproject
+ if the current repository is an initialized submodule. Outputs an empty
+ string if not in a submodule.
+
+`path.superproject-root.relative`::
+ The path to the working tree root of the superproject relative to the
+ current working directory if the current repository is an initialized
+ submodule. Outputs an empty string if not in a submodule.
+
`path.toplevel.absolute`::
The canonical absolute path to the top-level directory of the
repository's working tree. Outputs an empty string if the repository
diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
index c31e9cfa70..27ebb7a1c9 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include "strbuf.h"
#include "string-list.h"
#include "shallow.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
#include "tree.h"
#include "tree-walk.h"
#include "utf8.h"
@@ -121,6 +122,34 @@ static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
return 0;
}
+static int get_path_superproject_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+ struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(repo, &superproject)) {
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ format_path(buf, superproject.buf, "", PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_path_superproject_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+ struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ if (!get_superproject_working_tree(repo, &superproject)) {
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ format_path(buf, superproject.buf, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
+ strbuf_release(&superproject);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int get_path_toplevel_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
{
const char *work_tree = repo_get_work_tree(repo);
@@ -159,6 +188,8 @@ static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
{ "path.commondir.relative", get_path_commondir_relative },
{ "path.gitdir.absolute", get_path_gitdir_absolute },
{ "path.gitdir.relative", get_path_gitdir_relative },
+ { "path.superproject-root.absolute", get_path_superproject_absolute },
+ { "path.superproject-root.relative", get_path_superproject_relative },
{ "path.toplevel.absolute", get_path_toplevel_absolute },
{ "path.toplevel.relative", get_path_toplevel_relative },
{ "references.format", get_references_format },
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 43693454d5..e1a6da0076 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,
}
if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-superproject-working-tree")) {
struct strbuf superproject = STRBUF_INIT;
- if (get_superproject_working_tree(&superproject))
+ if (get_superproject_working_tree(the_repository, &superproject))
print_path(superproject.buf, prefix, format, DEFAULT_UNMODIFIED);
strbuf_release(&superproject);
continue;
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 5c92575888..78856f9840 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -2610,34 +2610,35 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
absorb_git_dir_into_superproject_recurse(path, super_prefix);
}
-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
+int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf)
{
struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf one_up = STRBUF_INIT;
- char *cwd = xgetcwd();
+ struct strbuf target_wt = STRBUF_INIT;
+ const char *worktree;
int ret = 0;
const char *subpath;
int code;
ssize_t len;
- if (!is_inside_work_tree(the_repository))
- /*
- * FIXME:
- * We might have a superproject, but it is harder
- * to determine.
- */
+ worktree = repo_get_work_tree(r);
+ if (!worktree)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!strbuf_realpath(&target_wt, worktree, 0))
goto out;
- if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, "../", 0))
+ strbuf_addf(&one_up, "%s/..", target_wt.buf);
+ if (!strbuf_realpath(&one_up, one_up.buf, 0))
goto out;
- subpath = relative_path(cwd, one_up.buf, &sb);
+ subpath = relative_path(target_wt.buf, one_up.buf, &sb);
prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env);
strvec_pop(&cp.env);
- strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", "..",
+ strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--literal-pathspecs", "-C", one_up.buf,
"ls-files", "-z", "--stage", "--full-name", "--",
subpath, NULL);
strbuf_reset(&sb);
@@ -2648,14 +2649,14 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
cp.git_cmd = 1;
if (start_command(&cp))
- die(_("could not start ls-files in .."));
+ die(_("could not start ls-files in %s"), one_up.buf);
len = strbuf_read(&sb, cp.out, PATH_MAX);
close(cp.out);
if (starts_with(sb.buf, "160000")) {
int super_sub_len;
- int cwd_len = strlen(cwd);
+ int wt_len = target_wt.len;
char *super_sub, *super_wt;
/*
@@ -2666,12 +2667,12 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
super_sub = strchr(sb.buf, '\t') + 1;
super_sub_len = strlen(super_sub);
- if (super_sub_len > cwd_len ||
- strcmp(&cwd[cwd_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
- BUG("returned path string doesn't match cwd?");
+ if (super_sub_len > wt_len ||
+ strcmp(&target_wt.buf[wt_len - super_sub_len], super_sub))
+ BUG("returned path string doesn't match worktree?");
- super_wt = xstrdup(cwd);
- super_wt[cwd_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
+ super_wt = xstrdup(target_wt.buf);
+ super_wt[wt_len - super_sub_len] = '\0';
strbuf_realpath(buf, super_wt, 1);
ret = 1;
@@ -2681,10 +2682,10 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
code = finish_command(&cp);
if (code == 128)
- /* '../' is not a git repository */
+ /* parent directory is not a git repository */
ret = 0;
else if (code == 0 && len == 0)
- /* There is an unrelated git repository at '../' */
+ /* There is an unrelated git repository at parent directory */
ret = 0;
else if (code)
die(_("ls-tree returned unexpected return code %d"), code);
@@ -2692,7 +2693,7 @@ int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf)
out:
strbuf_release(&sb);
strbuf_release(&one_up);
- free(cwd);
+ strbuf_release(&target_wt);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index b10e16e6c0..1a465a1208 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -170,6 +170,6 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
* project is a submodule of. If this repository is not a submodule of
* another repository, return 0.
*/
-int get_superproject_working_tree(struct strbuf *buf);
+int get_superproject_working_tree(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *buf);
#endif
diff --git a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
index 9417d1ab65..2dc0c0fbc5 100755
--- a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
+++ b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
@@ -213,6 +213,45 @@ test_repo_info_path 'gitdir with explicit GIT_DIR' 'gitdir' \
'.git' \
'GIT_DIR="../.git" && export GIT_DIR'
+test_expect_success 'path.superproject-root absolute and relative' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf sub super" &&
+ git init sub &&
+ test_commit -C sub initial &&
+ git init super &&
+ (
+ cd super &&
+ git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule add "../sub" sub &&
+ git commit -m "add submodule" &&
+
+ cd sub &&
+ ROOT="$(test-tool path-utils real_path ..)" &&
+
+ echo "path.superproject-root.absolute=$ROOT" >expect.abs &&
+ git repo info path.superproject-root.absolute >actual.abs &&
+ test_cmp expect.abs actual.abs &&
+
+ echo "path.superproject-root.relative=../" >expect.rel &&
+ git repo info path.superproject-root.relative >actual.rel &&
+ test_cmp expect.rel actual.rel
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path.superproject-root returns empty when not in a submodule' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+ git init repo &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+
+ echo "path.superproject-root.absolute=" >expect.abs &&
+ git repo info path.superproject-root.absolute >actual.abs &&
+ test_cmp expect.abs actual.abs &&
+
+ echo "path.superproject-root.relative=" >expect.rel &&
+ git repo info path.superproject-root.relative >actual.rel &&
+ test_cmp expect.rel actual.rel
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'path.toplevel absolute and relative' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
@@ -248,4 +287,22 @@ test_expect_success 'path.toplevel absolute and relative in a bare repository' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'path.superproject-root works with --git-dir' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf sub super" &&
+ git init sub &&
+ test_commit -C sub initial &&
+ git init super &&
+ (
+ cd super &&
+ git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule add "../sub" sub &&
+ git commit -m "add submodule" &&
+
+ SUPER_ROOT="$(test-tool path-utils real_path .)" &&
+ MODULE_DIR="$SUPER_ROOT/.git/modules/sub" &&
+
+ echo "path.superproject-root.absolute=$SUPER_ROOT" >expect &&
+ git --git-dir="$MODULE_DIR" repo info path.superproject-root.absolute >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
test_done
--
2.55.GIT
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2026-07-16 1:21 [GSoC Patch 0/7] repo: add more path keys to git repo info K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-08-15 23:06 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-08-18 16:09 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-working-tree with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 3/7] repo: add path.objects with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 4/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 5/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 6/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 1:21 ` [GSoC Patch 7/7] repo: add path.git-prefix path key validation K Jayatheerth
2026-07-16 3:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-16 15:36 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 0/7] repo: add more path keys to git repo info K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-working-tree with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 3/7] repo: add path.objects with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 4/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 5/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-20 0:35 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-07-24 17:49 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-24 19:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 6/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-20 0:20 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-07-20 4:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-21 2:19 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-17 13:30 ` [GSoC Patch v2 7/7] repo: add path.git-prefix path key K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [GSoC Patch v3 0/7] repo: add more path keys to git repo info K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-07-27 8:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-28 1:21 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-28 16:36 ` Justin Tobler
2026-07-29 16:36 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-working-tree with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-07-28 16:43 ` Justin Tobler
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] repo: add path.objects with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-07-28 17:12 ` Justin Tobler
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-28 19:00 ` Justin Tobler
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 10:43 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] repo: add path.git-prefix path key K Jayatheerth
2026-07-26 16:29 ` [GSoC Patch v3 0/7] repo: add more path keys to git repo info Junio C Hamano
2026-07-26 17:00 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-07-27 0:57 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-07-27 5:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 3/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 4/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 5/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 6/7] repo: add path.git-prefix K Jayatheerth
2026-08-16 0:53 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-08-18 16:33 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-08-18 17:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-21 14:08 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-08-06 10:15 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 7/7] repo: remove unused setup.h include K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 0/7] add more path keys to git repo info K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-09-04 22:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-05 10:01 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 3/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 4/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 5/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 6/7] repo: add path.git-prefix K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 17:58 ` [GSoC Patch v5 7/7] repo: add path.cdup K Jayatheerth
2026-08-25 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-04 14:37 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-08-26 7:23 ` [GSoC Patch v5 0/7] add more path keys to git repo info SZEDER Gábor
2026-08-26 14:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 1/7] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` K Jayatheerth [this message]
2026-09-11 22:08 ` [GSoC Patch v6 2/7] repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes Junio C Hamano
2026-09-23 17:40 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 3/7] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 4/7] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-23 17:25 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 5/7] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 6/7] repo: add path.git-prefix K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [GSoC Patch v6 7/7] repo: add path.cdup K Jayatheerth
2026-09-11 17:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-23 17:37 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 0/8] add more path keys to git repo info K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 1/8] repo: add path.toplevel with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 2/8] submodule: use repository to find superproject K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 3/8] repo: add path.superproject-root with absolute and relative suffixes K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 4/8] repo: add path.hooks " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 5/8] repo: add path.index " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 6/8] repo: add path.grafts " K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 7/8] repo: add path.git-prefix K Jayatheerth
2026-09-27 11:44 ` [GSoC Patch v7 8/8] repo: add path.cdup K Jayatheerth
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