int dry_run);
extern void connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(const char *work_tree, const char *git_dir);
extern int parallel_submodules(void);
+/*
+ * Given a submodule path (as in the index), return the repository
+ * path of that submodule in 'buf'. Return -1 on error or when the
+ * submodule is not initialized.
+ */
+int submodule_to_gitdir(struct strbuf *buf, const char *submodule);
/*
* Prepare the "env_array" parameter of a "struct child_process" for executing
extern void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *prefix,
const char *path,
unsigned flags);
+
+/*
+ * Return the absolute path of the working tree of the superproject, which this
+ * project is a submodule of. If this repository is not a submodule of
+ * another repository, return NULL.
+ */
+extern const char *get_superproject_working_tree(void);
+
#endif