Add 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' option.
Shows the absolute path of the top-level working directory.
Signed-off-by: Steven Drake <sdrake@xnet.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 82045a2..dc829b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
--remotes::
Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`.
+--show-toplevel::
+ Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
+
--show-prefix::
When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
path of the current directory relative to the top-level
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index 37d0233..cbe5b42 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@
for_each_remote_ref(show_reference, NULL);
continue;
}
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-toplevel")) {
+ const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+ if (work_tree)
+ puts(work_tree);
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-prefix")) {
if (prefix)
puts(prefix);
