rev-parse: add --shared-index-path to get shared index path

Normally scripts do not have to be aware about split indexes because
all shared indexes are in $GIT_DIR. A simple "mv $tmp_index
$GIT_DIR/somewhere" is enough. Scripts that generate temporary indexes
and move them across repos must be aware about split index and copy
the shared file as well. This option enables that.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 987395d22a..9bd76a5a6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 --show-toplevel::
 	Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
 
+--shared-index-path::
+	Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or
+	empty if not in split-index mode.
+
 Other Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 1a6122d3ae..8102aaa924 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
+#include "split-index.h"
 
 #define DO_REVS		1
 #define DO_NOREV	2
@@ -775,6 +776,15 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 						: "false");
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(arg, "--shared-index-path")) {
+				if (read_cache() < 0)
+					die(_("Could not read the index"));
+				if (the_index.split_index) {
+					const unsigned char *sha1 = the_index.split_index->base_sha1;
+					puts(git_path("sharedindex.%s", sha1_to_hex(sha1)));
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (starts_with(arg, "--since=")) {
 				show_datestring("--max-age=", arg+8);
 				continue;