1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 6b23023..a2c9d1e 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -122,6 +122,44 @@ char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return cleanup_path(pathname);
 }
 
+char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char *pathname = get_pathname();
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *git_dir;
+	va_list args;
+	unsigned len;
+
+	len = strlen(path);
+	if (len > PATH_MAX-100)
+		return bad_path;
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, path);
+	if (len && path[len-1] != '/')
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, '/');
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, ".git");
+
+	git_dir = read_gitfile_gently(buf.buf);
+	if (git_dir) {
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, git_dir);
+	}
+	strbuf_addch(&buf, '/');
+
+	if (buf.len >= PATH_MAX)
+		return bad_path;
+	memcpy(pathname, buf.buf, buf.len + 1);
+
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	len = strlen(pathname);
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	len += vsnprintf(pathname + len, PATH_MAX - len, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	if (len >= PATH_MAX)
+		return bad_path;
+	return cleanup_path(pathname);
+}
 
 /* git_mkstemp() - create tmp file honoring TMPDIR variable */
 int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t len, const char *template)