Inject worktree/root path environment variables into setup scripts
What variant of Codex are you using?
App/CLI
What feature would you like to see?
Add injected environment variables to worktree setup scripts for reliable path access, similar to Conductor.
Current behavior in Codex app:
Setup scripts (configured in local environments) run when creating a new worktree, but they receive no special environment variables providing paths.
The script executes in the worktree directory (so pwd gives the worktree path), but there's no straightforward way to get the absolute path to the main/original repo root (the local checkout you imported).
This forces fragile workarounds like:
git rev-parse --git-common-dirthendirnameto guess the root- Hardcoding paths (no good)
So it's hard to reliably copy non-committed files/folders that live only in the main repo, such as:
.envor.env.local.agents/and.cursor/(tooling rules/skills/etc)
Comparison to Conductor:
Conductor injects clear env vars into its equivalent setup scripts, e.g.:
$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH→ main repo root$CONDUCTOR_WORKSPACE_PATH→ current workspace/worktree
This allows dead-simple operations like:
# Example in a setup script
cp "${CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH}/.env.local" .env.local
ln -sf "${CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH}/.agents/.cursor" .agents/.cursor
Proposed change
When executing a worktree setup script, Codex should set (at minimum):
CODEX_ROOT_PATH= absolute path to the original/main repository checkoutCODEX_WORKTREE_PATH= absolute path to this worktree directory
Thank you!
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