setup: move prefix into repository
The repository prefix is currently stored in the startup info. This feels somewhat awkward though, as it is inherently a property of a given repository. Move the prefix into the repository accordingly. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Patrick Steinhardt committed
Jul 7, 2026 at 09:21 UTC
b964ad1f019d66604d7577e2db49481461bcab5a
9 files changed
+25
-16
builtin/repo.c
+4
-4
index 042d6de558..84e012f83f 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int get_path_commondir_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *b
if (!common_dir)
return error(_("unable to get common directory"));
- format_path(buf, common_dir, startup_info->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
+ format_path(buf, common_dir, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
return 0;
}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int get_path_commondir_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *b
if (!common_dir)
return error(_("unable to get common directory"));
- format_path(buf, common_dir, startup_info->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
+ format_path(buf, common_dir, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
return 0;
}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int get_path_gitdir_absolute(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
if (!git_dir)
return error(_("unable to get git directory"));
- format_path(buf, git_dir, startup_info->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
+ format_path(buf, git_dir, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_CANONICAL);
return 0;
}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int get_path_gitdir_relative(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
if (!git_dir)
return error(_("unable to get git directory"));
- format_path(buf, git_dir, startup_info->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
+ format_path(buf, git_dir, repo->prefix, PATH_FORMAT_RELATIVE);
return 0;
}
builtin/rev-parse.c
+3
-2
index 5e04b0e2bd..43693454d5 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static int show_file(const char *arg, int output_prefix)
show_default();
if ((filter & (DO_NONFLAGS|DO_NOREV)) == (DO_NONFLAGS|DO_NOREV)) {
if (output_prefix) {
- const char *prefix = startup_info->prefix;
+ const char *prefix = the_repository->prefix;
char *fname = prefix_filename(prefix, arg);
show(fname);
free(fname);
@@ -832,7 +832,8 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,
prefix = argv[++i];
if (!prefix)
die(_("--prefix requires an argument"));
- startup_info->prefix = prefix;
+ FREE_AND_NULL(the_repository->prefix);
+ the_repository->prefix = xstrdup(prefix);
output_prefix = 1;
continue;
}
builtin/update-index.c
+2
-2
index 3d6646c318..f43d150eb3 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static enum parse_opt_result unresolve_callback(
const char *arg, int unset)
{
int *has_errors = opt->value;
- const char *prefix = startup_info->prefix;
+ const char *prefix = the_repository->prefix;
BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static enum parse_opt_result reupdate_callback(
const char *arg, int unset)
{
int *has_errors = opt->value;
- const char *prefix = startup_info->prefix;
+ const char *prefix = the_repository->prefix;
BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
object-name.c
+2
-2
index 46159466ac..fc70acc9e0 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -1708,8 +1708,8 @@ static char *resolve_relative_path(struct repository *r, const char *rel)
die(_("relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree"));
/* die() inside prefix_path() if resolved path is outside worktree */
- return prefix_path(the_repository, startup_info->prefix,
- startup_info->prefix ? strlen(startup_info->prefix) : 0,
+ return prefix_path(the_repository, the_repository->prefix,
+ the_repository->prefix ? strlen(the_repository->prefix) : 0,
rel);
}
repository.c
+1
index 73d80bcffd..2ef0778846 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo)
FREE_AND_NULL(repo->gitdir);
FREE_AND_NULL(repo->commondir);
+ FREE_AND_NULL(repo->prefix);
FREE_AND_NULL(repo->graft_file);
FREE_AND_NULL(repo->index_file);
FREE_AND_NULL(repo->worktree);
repository.h
+8
index 7d649e32e7..b767307911 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ struct repository {
*/
char *commondir;
+ /*
+ * The "prefix", a path to the current working directory relative to
+ * the work tree root, or NULL, if the current working directory is not
+ * a strict subdirectory of the work tree root. The prefix always ends
+ * with a '/' character.
+ */
+ char *prefix;
+
/*
* Holds any information related to accessing the raw object content.
*/
setup.c
+3
-3
index b755693572..6cc9fa2de8 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(struct repository *repo, int *nongit_ok)
* repository and that the caller expects startup_info to reflect
* this.
*
- * Regardless of the state of nongit_ok, startup_info->prefix and
+ * Regardless of the state of nongit_ok, the_repository->prefix and
* the GIT_PREFIX environment variable must always match. For details
* see Documentation/config/alias.adoc.
*/
@@ -2105,10 +2105,10 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(struct repository *repo, int *nongit_ok)
*/
if (prefix) {
prefix = precompose_string_if_needed(prefix);
- startup_info->prefix = prefix;
+ repo->prefix = xstrdup(prefix);
setenv(GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, prefix, 1);
} else {
- startup_info->prefix = NULL;
+ FREE_AND_NULL(repo->prefix);
setenv(GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, "", 1);
}
setup.h
-1
index b9fd96bea6..c01a244fe9 100644
--- a/setup.h
+++ b/setup.h
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ struct startup_info {
bool force_bare_repository;
int have_repository;
- const char *prefix;
const char *original_cwd;
};
extern struct startup_info *startup_info;
trace.c
+2
-2
index 9b99460db8..515b99e7f5 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static const char *quote_crnl(const char *path)
void trace_repo_setup(struct repository *r)
{
- const char *git_work_tree, *prefix = startup_info->prefix;
+ const char *git_work_tree, *prefix = r->prefix;
char *cwd;
if (!trace_want(&trace_setup_key))
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void trace_repo_setup(struct repository *r)
if (!(git_work_tree = repo_get_work_tree(r)))
git_work_tree = "(null)";
- if (!startup_info->prefix)
+ if (!r->prefix)
prefix = "(null)";
trace_printf_key(&trace_setup_key, "setup: git_dir: %s\n", quote_crnl(repo_get_git_dir(r)));