libgit2

git_repository_item_path

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Get the location of a specific repository file or directory

This function will retrieve the path of a specific repository item. It will thereby honor things like the repository's common directory, gitdir, etc. In case a file path cannot exist for a given item (e.g. the working directory of a bare repository), an error is returned.

Signature

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int git_repository_item_path(git_buf *out, git_repository *repo, git_repository_item_t item);

Parameters

git_buf *
In
out

Buffer to store the path at

git_repository *
In
repo

Repository to get path for

git_repository_item_t
In
item

The repository item for which to retrieve the path

Returns

int

0 on success, otherwise a negative value

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