From dba8c6b2341274b27e9c9ae1918feec4b6cf6f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wiiznokes <78230769+wiiznokes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 11:30:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add set_homedir function

---
 src/opts.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/opts.rs b/src/opts.rs
index 232d81e996..06c3baa47f 100644
--- a/src/opts.rs
+++ b/src/opts.rs
@@ -471,6 +471,22 @@ pub unsafe fn set_server_timeout_in_milliseconds(timeout: libc::c_int) -> Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Sets the directory used as the current user's home directory, for file lookups
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// This function is modifying a C global without synchronization, so it is not
+/// thread safe, and should only be called before any thread is spawned.
+pub unsafe fn set_homedir(homedir: std::ffi::CString) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    crate::init();
+
+    try_call!(raw::git_libgit2_opts(
+        raw::GIT_OPT_SET_HOMEDIR as libc::c_int,
+        homedir.as_ptr()
+    ));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;