From 2f75da8da366cdec92a084152d3c761a893ad906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dietrich ayala <me@burrito.space>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:39:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Show the literal working directory in the statusline place
 indicator

The indicator named the tree by basename, which is derived from the working
directory rather than being it, and went on showing the tree root when the
session sat below it. Showing the path itself, home abbreviated, makes the line
confirm what every other mechanism actually reads.

Classification still comes from the toplevel, so a directory below a worktree
root reads as that track, and the handoff marker still refers to the tree root.
---
 statusline.sh | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/statusline.sh b/statusline.sh
index 597c854..7a1ff16 100755
--- a/statusline.sh
+++ b/statusline.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ green=$'\033[32m'; yellow=$'\033[33m'; red=$'\033[31m'
 # test — no need to know the project's declared worktrees directory.
 place=""
 if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
+  # The literal working directory, home abbreviated. Shown rather than a name
+  # derived from it, so what's on screen is the thing every other mechanism
+  # reads — including when cwd sits below the tree root.
+  pretty="${dir/#${HOME:-/nonexistent}/\~}"
   gitinfo=$(git -C "$dir" rev-parse --show-toplevel --git-dir --git-common-dir 2>/dev/null)
   if [ -n "$gitinfo" ]; then
     { IFS= read -r top; IFS= read -r gitdir; IFS= read -r commondir; } <<< "$gitinfo"
@@ -43,14 +47,13 @@ if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
     hand=""; [ -f "$top/handoff.md" ] && hand=" +handoff"
     if [ "$gitdir" != "$commondir" ]; then
       # Linked worktree: a track. Its handoff.md belongs to this work alone.
-      repo=$(basename "$(dirname "$commondir")")
-      place="${green}track ${repo}/$(basename "$top")${reset}${dim}${hand}${reset}"
+      place="${green}track ${pretty}${reset}${dim}${hand}${reset}"
     else
       # Primary checkout: handoff.md here is the track roster, which is a
       # normal thing to find. What's worth flagging is the inverse — live
       # tracks with nothing coordinating them.
       n=$(git -C "$dir" worktree list 2>/dev/null | tail -n +2 | grep -c .)
-      place="${yellow}primary $(basename "$top")${reset}"
+      place="${yellow}primary ${pretty}${reset}"
       if [ "$n" -gt 0 ]; then
         noun="tracks"; [ "$n" -eq 1 ] && noun="track"
         place="${place}${dim} · ${n} ${noun}${reset}"
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
       [ -n "$hand" ] && place="${place}${dim}${hand}${reset}"
     fi
   else
-    place="${dim}$(basename "$dir") (no repo)${reset}"
+    place="${dim}${pretty} (no repo)${reset}"
   fi
 fi
 
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2.51.2