diff --git a/src/subcmds/helpers.c b/src/subcmds/helpers.c
index 4d924e6..9437b4f 100644
--- a/src/subcmds/helpers.c
+++ b/src/subcmds/helpers.c
@@ -16,21 +16,28 @@ bool is_valid_dir(const char *dir) {
     return !stat(dir, &statbuf) && S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode);
 }
 
-// Returns whether 'child_path' is a subdirectory of 'parent_path'. If 'reverse', return
-// the inverse.
-bool is_child_path(const char *child_path, const char *parent_path, bool reverse) {
-    if (strlen(child_path) > strlen(parent_path))
-        return false;
+enum PathCmp compare_paths(const char *env_fname, const char *directory) {
+    int env_fname_len = strlen(env_fname) - 5;
+    int directory_len = strlen(directory);
 
-    int len = strlen(reverse ? parent_path : child_path);
-    // Compare length - 6 characters of the paths (-5 because of /.env at the end)
-    return strncmp(child_path, parent_path, len - 5) == 0;
+    int cmp_env_fname_len = !strncmp(env_fname, directory, env_fname_len);
+    int cmp_directory_len = !strncmp(env_fname, directory, directory_len);
+
+    if (env_fname_len == directory_len && cmp_env_fname_len) {
+        return PATH_EQ;
+    } else if (env_fname_len < directory_len && cmp_env_fname_len) {
+        return PATH_CHILD;
+    } else if (env_fname_len > directory_len && cmp_directory_len) {
+        return PATH_PARENT;
+    }
+
+    return PATH_UNRELATED;
 }
 
 // Returns an array of .env paths that are children or parents of 'start', according to 
 // 'return_parents', in the form of 'num_paths' char pointers that must be freed.
 // The array is ordered from shortest to longest path.
-char **get_env_paths(const char *start, int *num_paths, bool return_parents) {
+char **get_env_paths(const char *start, int *num_paths) {
     const char *auth_fname = getenv("AUTOENV_AUTH_FILE");
     FILE *auth_f = fopen(auth_fname, "r");
     if (!auth_f) {
@@ -44,7 +51,8 @@ char **get_env_paths(const char *start, int *num_paths, bool return_parents) {
 
     while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), auth_f)) {
         char* path = strtok(line, ":");
-        if (path && is_child_path(path, start, return_parents)) {
+        enum PathCmp pcmp = compare_paths(path, start);
+        if (path && (pcmp == PATH_EQ || pcmp == PATH_CHILD)) {
             if (path_count + 1 > max_paths) {
                 max_paths *= 2;
                 paths = realloc(paths, max_paths * sizeof(char *));
diff --git a/src/subcmds/show.c b/src/subcmds/show.c
index 2fa8d45..54196e7 100644
--- a/src/subcmds/show.c
+++ b/src/subcmds/show.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bool show_cmd(Cli *cli) {
 
     // Get a list of .env file paths from AUTOENV_AUTH_FILE
     int num_paths;
-    char **env_paths = get_env_paths(cwd, &num_paths, false);
+    char **env_paths = get_env_paths(cwd, &num_paths);
     if (!env_paths)
         return false;
 
diff --git a/src/subcmds/subcmds.h b/src/subcmds/subcmds.h
index 9ccc231..f1e19f2 100644
--- a/src/subcmds/subcmds.h
+++ b/src/subcmds/subcmds.h
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@
 #include "../parse_args/parse_args.h"
 #include "../hash_table/hash_table.h"
 
+enum PathCmp {
+    PATH_EQ,
+    PATH_CHILD,
+    PATH_PARENT,
+    PATH_UNRELATED
+};
+
 extern const char *AUTOENV_FNAME;
 extern char TMP_FNAME[64];
 extern char TOML_FNAME[64];
 extern char ALIAS_FNAME[64];
+
 bool add_cmd(Cli *cli);
 bool remove_cmd(Cli *cli);
 bool tree_cmd(Cli *cli);
@@ -15,7 +23,8 @@ bool show_cmd(Cli *cli);
 bool edit_cmd(Cli *cli);
 bool is_valid_dir(const char *dir);
 void set_alias_and_autoenv_fnames();
-char **get_env_paths(const char *start, int *num_paths, bool return_parents);
+char **get_env_paths(const char *start, int *num_paths);
+enum PathCmp compare_paths(const char *env_fname, const char *directory);
 int cleanup(const char *message, const char *message_arg, 
                           HashTable *ht, FILE *f, const char *fname_to_remove);
 
diff --git a/tests/.test_show_data/.env b/tests/.test_show_data/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index c981a59..0000000
--- a/tests/.test_show_data/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-CK_FORK=Yep
-DEBUG_EXECUTABLE=~/projects/acronym/builds/tests
-SUITE="Subcmds"
-
-# --- Aliases ---
-alias build="build things" ##dev
-alias test="this is the outer example" ## dev
-alias tests="run tests" ## dev
-alias format="lint" ## dev
diff --git a/tests/.test_show_data/inner/.env b/tests/.test_show_data/inner/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b17b8..0000000
--- a/tests/.test_show_data/inner/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-CK_FORK=Yep
-DEBUG_EXECUTABLE=~/projects/acronym/builds/tests
-SUITE="Subcmds"
-
-# --- Aliases ---
-alias test="inner example" ## dev
-alias format="inner lint" ## dev
diff --git a/tests/test_subcmds.c b/tests/test_subcmds.c
index 3a97ff5..d69d8d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_subcmds.c
+++ b/tests/test_subcmds.c
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ START_TEST(test_tree_cmd_all) {
 }
 END_TEST
 
+START_TEST(test_compare_paths) {
+    char *env_file = "/home/c/projects/.env";
+    char *path1 = "/home/c/projects";
+    char *outside_path = "/home/c/asdf";
+    char *child_path = "/home/c/projects/acronym";
+    char *parent_path = "/home/c";
+
+    ck_assert(compare_paths(env_file, path1) == PATH_EQ);
+    ck_assert(compare_paths(env_file, outside_path) == PATH_UNRELATED);
+    ck_assert(compare_paths(env_file, child_path) == PATH_CHILD);
+    ck_assert(compare_paths(env_file, parent_path) == PATH_PARENT);
+}
+END_TEST
+
 Suite *subcmds_suite(void) {
     Suite *s = suite_create("Subcmds");
 
@@ -176,5 +190,8 @@ Suite *subcmds_suite(void) {
     tcase_add_test(tc_tree, test_tree_cmd_all);
     suite_add_tcase(s, tc_tree);
 
+    TCase *tc_helpers = tcase_create("Subcmd helpers");
+    tcase_add_test(tc_helpers, test_compare_paths);
+    suite_add_tcase(s, tc_helpers);
     return s;
 }