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		DougN7 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running o... What does this means for context: “Git repository name and branch” Does this mean it detects if something is running from within a git repository folder? Couldn’t find the code that checked this.

jackwilsdon 15 days ago [–]

It appears to walk up from the process's working directory searching for a .git directory: https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr/blob/1e47bdb8fde179b17...

pranshuparmar 15 days ago | [–]

Yes, that's correct! It walks up from the process’s working directory looking for a `.git` folder to detect the repo and branch. Thanks.

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