fix: make GIT_WORK_TREE variable work as expected.

Now it's picked up durign initialization.

Author: Byron

gix/src/clone/fetch/util.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fn write_to_local_config(config: &gix_config::File<'static>, mode: WriteMode) ->
         .append(matches!(mode, WriteMode::Append))
         .open(config.meta().path.as_deref().expect("local config with path set"))?;
     local_config.write_all(config.detect_newline_style())?;
-    config.write_to_filter(&mut local_config, &mut |s| s.meta().source == gix_config::Source::Local)
+    config.write_to_filter(&mut local_config, |s| s.meta().source == gix_config::Source::Local)
 }
 
 pub fn append_config_to_repo_config(repo: &mut Repository, config: gix_config::File<'static>) {

gix/src/config/cache/access.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
-use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
-
+use gix_config::file::Metadata;
 use gix_lock::acquire::Fail;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::{
     config,
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ impl Cache {
 pub(crate) fn trusted_file_path<'config>(
     config: &'config gix_config::File<'_>,
     key: impl gix_config::AsKey,
-    filter: &mut gix_config::file::MetadataFilter,
+    filter: impl FnMut(&Metadata) -> bool,
     lenient_config: bool,
     environment: crate::open::permissions::Environment,
 ) -> Option<Result<Cow<'config, std::path::Path>, gix_config::path::interpolate::Error>> {

gix/src/config/cache/init.rs

@@ -326,6 +326,15 @@ fn apply_environment_overrides(
 
     let mut env_override = gix_config::File::new(gix_config::file::Metadata::from(gix_config::Source::EnvOverride));
     for (section_name, subsection_name, permission, data) in [
+        (
+            "core",
+            None,
+            git_prefix,
+            &[{
+                let key = &Core::WORKTREE;
+                (env(key), key.name)
+            }][..],
+        ),
         (
             "http",
             None,

gix/src/config/snapshot/credential_helpers.rs

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub(super) mod function {
         mut url: gix_url::Url,
         config: &gix_config::File<'_>,
         is_lenient_config: bool,
-        filter: &mut gix_config::file::MetadataFilter,
+        mut filter: impl FnMut(&gix_config::file::Metadata) -> bool,
         environment: crate::open::permissions::Environment,
         mut use_http_path: bool,
     ) -> Result<
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub(super) mod function {
         let url_had_user_initially = url.user().is_some();
         normalize(&mut url);
 
-        if let Some(credential_sections) = config.sections_by_name_and_filter("credential", filter) {
+        if let Some(credential_sections) = config.sections_by_name_and_filter("credential", &mut filter) {
             for section in credential_sections {
                 let section = match section.header().subsection_name() {
                     Some(pattern) => gix_url::parse(pattern).ok().and_then(|mut pattern| {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pub(super) mod function {
             askpass: crate::config::cache::access::trusted_file_path(
                 config,
                 &Core::ASKPASS,
-                filter,
+                &mut filter,
                 is_lenient_config,
                 environment,
             )

gix/src/open/repository.rs

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl ThreadSafeRepository {
     }
 
     /// Try to open a git repository in `fallback_directory` (can be worktree or `.git` directory) only if there is no override
-    /// from of the `gitdir` using git environment variables.
+    /// of the `gitdir` using git environment variables.
     ///
     /// Use the `trust_map` to apply options depending in the trust level for `directory` or the directory it's overridden with.
     /// The `.git` directory whether given or computed is used for trust checks.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl ThreadSafeRepository {
             }
         };
 
-        // The be altered later based on `core.precomposeUnicode`.
+        // To be altered later based on `core.precomposeUnicode`.
         let cwd = gix_fs::current_dir(false)?;
         let (git_dir, worktree_dir) = gix_discover::repository::Path::from_dot_git_dir(path, path_kind, &cwd)
             .expect("we have sanitized path with is_git()")
@@ -257,16 +257,41 @@ impl ThreadSafeRepository {
         }
 
         // core.worktree might be used to overwrite the worktree directory
+        let is_typical_git_dir = || refs.git_dir().file_name() == Some(OsStr::new(gix_discover::DOT_GIT_DIR));
         if !config.is_bare {
-            if let Some(wt) = config.resolved.path_filter(Core::WORKTREE, &mut filter_config_section) {
+            let mut key_source = None;
+            if let Some((wt, key_source)) = config
+                .resolved
+                .path_filter(Core::WORKTREE, {
+                    |section| {
+                        let res = filter_config_section(section);
+                        if res {
+                            key_source = Some(section.source);
+                        }
+                        res
+                    }
+                })
+                .zip(key_source)
+            {
                 let wt_clone = wt.clone();
                 let wt_path = wt
                     .interpolate(interpolate_context(git_install_dir.as_deref(), home.as_deref()))
                     .map_err(|err| config::Error::PathInterpolation {
                         path: wt_clone.value.into_owned(),
                         source: err,
                     })?;
-                worktree_dir = gix_path::normalize(git_dir.join(wt_path).into(), current_dir).map(Cow::into_owned);
+                let base = match key_source {
+                    gix_config::Source::Env
+                    | gix_config::Source::Cli
+                    | gix_config::Source::Api
+                    | gix_config::Source::EnvOverride
+                        if is_typical_git_dir() =>
+                    {
+                        git_dir.parent().expect("git dir is never root")
+                    }
+                    _ => git_dir.as_path(),
+                };
+                worktree_dir = gix_path::normalize(base.join(wt_path).into(), current_dir).map(Cow::into_owned);
                 #[allow(unused_variables)]
                 if let Some(worktree_path) = worktree_dir.as_deref().filter(|wtd| !wtd.is_dir()) {
                     gix_trace::warn!("The configured worktree path '{}' is not a directory or doesn't exist - `core.worktree` may be misleading", worktree_path.display());
@@ -284,7 +309,7 @@ impl ThreadSafeRepository {
         }
 
         match worktree_dir {
-            None if !config.is_bare && refs.git_dir().extension() == Some(OsStr::new(gix_discover::DOT_GIT_DIR)) => {
+            None if !config.is_bare && is_typical_git_dir() => {
                 worktree_dir = Some(git_dir.parent().expect("parent is always available").to_owned());
             }
             Some(_) => {

gix/tests/gix/repository/worktree.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ mod with_core_worktree_config {
                 assert_eq!(
                     repo.work_dir().unwrap(),
                     repo.git_dir().parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap().join("worktree"),
-                    "work_dir is set to core.worktree config value, relative paths are appended to `git_dir() and made absolute`"
+                    "{name}|{is_relative}: work_dir is set to core.worktree config value, relative paths are appended to `git_dir() and made absolute`"
                 );
             } else {
                 assert_eq!(