Re: [GSoC Patch v2 6/7] repo: add path.grafts with absolute and relative suffix formatting

K Jayatheerth <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <CA+rGoLcr7KTu5S3GN=VsV8dFF0ww0cew+4TvXtiqjGCXtVpMsQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hey Lucas and Junio,

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 9:31 AM Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Lucas Seiki Oshiro <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >> Introduce `path.grafts.absolute` and `path.grafts.relative` keys to
> >> `git repo info`. This allows scripting layers to query the active grafts
> >> context cleanly while scaling transparently with active `GIT_GRAFT_FILE`
> >> environment variable overrides.
> >
> > I ran `git repo info path.grafts.relative` in a repository with no
> > `grafts` file, and it returned `.git/info/grafts`, which obviously
> > doesn't exist.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better if we check if that file exists before
> > returning this value?
>
> That is an interesting question, but I think it depends on who is
> querying and for what purpose.
>
> If a script is asking where to write the file, then the author wants
> to know where the file is supposed to be, even if no such file
> exists yet.  Since the file format is public, they are free to write
> their own tools to manipulate it.
>
> Thanks.

That's tough.
I think I align with Junio here.

I just used rev-parse as my compass to work on this command.
Just to clarify
Should I send a v3 changing something?

Regards,
- K Jayatheerth
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