git: get current working dir

Question

How I can get current working dir from console using git?

something like: if I'm in: ~/projects/someproject/somesubfolder/, the console command should say /home/va1en0k/someproject/ (if there is a .git/ folder in this directory or something like this)

or if GIT_WORKING_DIR is set, it should return it. or whatever Git uses to determine it

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '18 at 09:46

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Simple: git rev-parse --show-toplevel

answered Aug 23 '18 at 09:46

sorin

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How is this different from 'valya Apr 10 '11 at 19:03' comment below the accepted answer, we can all miss things. – mic84 Aug 23 '18 at 10:39
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A comment is not an answer, it cannot be accepted. – sorin Aug 26 '18 at 07:47
`--show-toplevel` will be an absolute path apparently, and `--show-cdup` will be relative to cwd. – Alexander Bird Oct 29 '19 at 17:12

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '11 at 19:00

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Try this:

echo $( cd $(git rev-parse --show-cdup); pwd)

answered Apr 10 '11 at 19:00

George V. Reilly

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I looked at git-rev-parse(1). It seems like "git rev-parse --show-toplevel" will suffice. Thank you! :-) – valya Apr 10 '11 at 19:03
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Is the outer command substitution really needed here? Running in a subshell (`(cd … ; pwd)`) may be enough. Please see [What is wrong with `echo $(stuff)`?](https://superuser.com/q/1352850/432690) – Kamil Maciorowski Mar 09 '20 at 17:14
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The problem is, that `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` and your comment both dont work when you are in the `.git` dir e.g. in a hook-script – Radon8472 Sep 02 '20 at 07:30

git: get current working dir

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