docs: def get_repo_parent(path):
      """
      Returns parent repo or input path if none found.
  
      :return: grit.Local or path
      """
      # path is a repository
      if is_repo(path):
          return Local(path)
  
      # path is inside a repository
      elif not os.path.isdir(path):
          _rel = ''
          while path and path != '/':
              if is_repo(path):
                  return Local(path)
              else:
                  _rel = os.path.join(os.path.basename(path), _rel)
                  path = os.path.dirname(path)
          return path