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-rw-r--r--cache.h7
-rw-r--r--setup.c43
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 61fc86e6d7..3cba58e219 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -518,6 +518,13 @@ extern void set_git_work_tree(const char *tree);
#define ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES"
extern void setup_work_tree(void);
+/*
+ * Find GIT_DIR of the repository that contains the current working directory,
+ * without changing the working directory or other global state. The result is
+ * appended to gitdir. The return value is either NULL if no repository was
+ * found, or pointing to the path inside gitdir's buffer.
+ */
+extern const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir);
extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
extern char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 27a31de33f..d08730d94d 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -924,6 +924,49 @@ static enum discovery_result setup_git_directory_gently_1(struct strbuf *dir,
}
}
+const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir)
+{
+ struct strbuf dir = STRBUF_INIT, err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ size_t gitdir_offset = gitdir->len, cwd_len;
+ struct repository_format candidate;
+
+ if (strbuf_getcwd(&dir))
+ return NULL;
+
+ cwd_len = dir.len;
+ if (setup_git_directory_gently_1(&dir, gitdir) <= 0) {
+ strbuf_release(&dir);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The returned gitdir is relative to dir, and if dir does not reflect
+ * the current working directory, we simply make the gitdir absolute.
+ */
+ if (dir.len < cwd_len && !is_absolute_path(gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset)) {
+ /* Avoid a trailing "/." */
+ if (!strcmp(".", gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset))
+ strbuf_setlen(gitdir, gitdir_offset);
+ else
+ strbuf_addch(&dir, '/');
+ strbuf_insert(gitdir, gitdir_offset, dir.buf, dir.len);
+ }
+
+ strbuf_reset(&dir);
+ strbuf_addf(&dir, "%s/config", gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset);
+ read_repository_format(&candidate, dir.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&dir);
+
+ if (verify_repository_format(&candidate, &err) < 0) {
+ warning("ignoring git dir '%s': %s",
+ gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset, err.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&err);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset;
+}
+
const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
{
static struct strbuf cwd = STRBUF_INIT;