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get_git_root_path should support worktrees #169
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Git supports the concept of multiple working directories connected to different branches of the same repo: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree.
get_git_root_path currently fails to handle it properly and raises OSError: Unable to determine git repository root for font file ....
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chrissimpkins commentedon Nov 25, 2021
related #168
how do you use this approach in your workflows Nikolaus?
chrissimpkins commentedon Nov 25, 2021
It looks like this is config'd via the .git dir in the main directory from which the worktree branches are derived? Wondering if this means that there is a more general / global config approach?
madig commentedon Jan 25, 2023
Seems like
.gitin a worktree is a file with the pointer to the main repo. You can extract the path with https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference.html?highlight=worktree#git.repo.fun.find_worktree_git_dir from that file. You still have to fiddle with the path though, as it points to somewhere inside the main.gitdir.