setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory_gently()`
Stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory_gently()` and instead accept the repository as a parameter. The injection of `the_repository` is thus bumped one level higher, where callers now pass it in explicitly. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Patrick Steinhardt committed
May 19, 2026 at 11:52 UTC
a80a8e3ea6a070185840219778df24db832899f6
13 files changed
+36
-33
builtin/check-ref-format.c
+4
-1
index 5d80afeec0..e42b0444ea 100644
--- a/builtin/check-ref-format.c
+++ b/builtin/check-ref-format.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
/*
* GIT - The information manager from hell
*/
+
+#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
+
#include "builtin.h"
#include "refs.h"
#include "setup.h"
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ static int check_ref_format_branch(const char *arg)
const char *name;
int nongit;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
if (check_branch_ref(&sb, arg) ||
!skip_prefix(sb.buf, "refs/heads/", &name))
die("'%s' is not a valid branch name", arg);
builtin/diff.c
+1
-1
index 1ede873ac1..4b46e394ce 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc,
break;
}
- prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
if (!nongit) {
prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
builtin/hash-object.c
+1
-1
index 5d900a6b8c..d7905bedc2 100644
--- a/builtin/hash-object.c
+++ b/builtin/hash-object.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int cmd_hash_object(int argc,
if (flags & INDEX_WRITE_OBJECT)
prefix = setup_git_directory();
else
- prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
if (nongit && !the_hash_algo)
repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, GIT_HASH_DEFAULT);
builtin/help.c
+1
-1
index c0aece4da3..a140339999 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ int cmd_help(int argc,
return 0;
}
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
repo_config(the_repository, git_help_config, NULL);
if (parsed_help_format != HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
builtin/stripspace.c
+1
-1
index 4a566cbc5d..18705f1a5b 100644
--- a/builtin/stripspace.c
+++ b/builtin/stripspace.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int cmd_stripspace(int argc,
usage_with_options(stripspace_usage, options);
if (mode == STRIP_COMMENTS || mode == COMMENT_LINES) {
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
}
git.c
+3
-3
index eaede42c4e..2cc018fc5c 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
* Set up the repository so we can pick up any repo-level config (like
* completion.commands).
*/
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
while (*spec) {
const char *sep = strchrnul(spec, ',');
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int handle_alias(struct strvec *args, struct string_list *expanded_aliase
int nongit_ok;
/* Aliases expect GIT_PREFIX, GIT_DIR etc to be set */
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit_ok);
commit_pager_choice();
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv, struct
prefix = setup_git_directory();
no_repo = 0;
} else if (run_setup & RUN_SETUP_GENTLY) {
- prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&no_repo);
+ prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &no_repo);
} else {
prefix = NULL;
}
http-fetch.c
+1
-1
index 1922e23fcd..f9b6ecb061 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
struct strvec index_pack_args = STRVEC_INIT;
int ret;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
while (arg < argc && argv[arg][0] == '-') {
const char *p;
imap-send.c
+1
-1
index af02c6a689..cfd6a5120c 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
int nongit_ok;
int ret;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit_ok);
repo_config(the_repository, git_imap_config, &server);
argc = parse_options(argc, (const char **)argv, "", imap_send_options, imap_send_usage, 0);
remote-curl.c
+2
-2
index aba60d5712..a84fc860ec 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
int nongit;
int ret = 1;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
if (argc < 2) {
error(_("remote-curl: usage: git remote-curl <remote> [<url>]"));
goto cleanup;
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
break;
if (starts_with(buf.buf, "fetch ")) {
if (nongit) {
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit);
if (nongit)
die(_("remote-curl: fetch attempted without a local repo"));
}
setup.c
+18
-18
index 8965f8ccaf..c12c6cbda2 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ void set_git_work_tree(struct repository *repo, const char *new_work_tree)
repo_set_worktree(repo, new_work_tree);
}
-const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
+const char *setup_git_directory_gently(struct repository *repo, int *nongit_ok)
{
static struct strbuf cwd = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf dir = STRBUF_INIT, gitdir = STRBUF_INIT, report = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
* configuration (including the per-repo config file that we
* ignored previously).
*/
- repo_config_clear(the_repository);
+ repo_config_clear(repo);
/*
* Let's assume that we are in a git repository.
@@ -1893,18 +1893,18 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
switch (setup_git_directory_gently_1(&dir, &gitdir, &report, 1)) {
case GIT_DIR_EXPLICIT:
- prefix = setup_explicit_git_dir(the_repository, gitdir.buf, &cwd, &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
+ prefix = setup_explicit_git_dir(repo, gitdir.buf, &cwd, &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
break;
case GIT_DIR_DISCOVERED:
if (dir.len < cwd.len && chdir(dir.buf))
die(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
- prefix = setup_discovered_git_dir(the_repository, gitdir.buf, &cwd, dir.len,
+ prefix = setup_discovered_git_dir(repo, gitdir.buf, &cwd, dir.len,
&repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
break;
case GIT_DIR_BARE:
if (dir.len < cwd.len && chdir(dir.buf))
die(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
- prefix = setup_bare_git_dir(the_repository, &cwd, dir.len, &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
+ prefix = setup_bare_git_dir(repo, &cwd, dir.len, &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
break;
case GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING:
if (!nongit_ok)
@@ -1984,30 +1984,30 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
startup_info->have_repository ||
/* GIT_DIR_EXPLICIT */
getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT)) {
- if (!the_repository->gitdir) {
+ if (!repo->gitdir) {
const char *gitdir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
if (!gitdir)
gitdir = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
- setup_git_env(the_repository, gitdir);
+ setup_git_env(repo, gitdir);
}
if (startup_info->have_repository) {
- repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, repo_fmt.hash_algo);
- repo_set_compat_hash_algo(the_repository,
+ repo_set_hash_algo(repo, repo_fmt.hash_algo);
+ repo_set_compat_hash_algo(repo,
repo_fmt.compat_hash_algo);
- repo_set_ref_storage_format(the_repository,
+ repo_set_ref_storage_format(repo,
repo_fmt.ref_storage_format,
repo_fmt.ref_storage_payload);
- the_repository->repository_format_worktree_config =
+ repo->repository_format_worktree_config =
repo_fmt.worktree_config;
- the_repository->repository_format_relative_worktrees =
+ repo->repository_format_relative_worktrees =
repo_fmt.relative_worktrees;
- the_repository->repository_format_submodule_path_cfg =
+ repo->repository_format_submodule_path_cfg =
repo_fmt.submodule_path_cfg;
/* take ownership of repo_fmt.partial_clone */
- the_repository->repository_format_partial_clone =
+ repo->repository_format_partial_clone =
repo_fmt.partial_clone;
repo_fmt.partial_clone = NULL;
- the_repository->repository_format_precious_objects =
+ repo->repository_format_precious_objects =
repo_fmt.precious_objects;
}
}
@@ -2040,13 +2040,13 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
format = ref_storage_format_by_name(backend);
if (format == REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN)
die(_("unknown ref storage format: '%s'"), backend);
- repo_set_ref_storage_format(the_repository, format, payload);
+ repo_set_ref_storage_format(repo, format, payload);
free(backend);
free(payload);
}
- setup_original_cwd(the_repository);
+ setup_original_cwd(repo);
strbuf_release(&dir);
strbuf_release(&gitdir);
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ void check_repository_format(struct repository_format *fmt)
*/
const char *setup_git_directory(void)
{
- return setup_git_directory_gently(NULL);
+ return setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, NULL);
}
const char *resolve_gitdir_gently(const char *suspect, int *return_error_code)
setup.h
+1
-1
index 1a37089fa0..18092fbf16 100644
--- a/setup.h
+++ b/setup.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ enum {
*/
const char *enter_repo(struct repository *repo, const char *path, unsigned flags);
-const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
+const char *setup_git_directory_gently(struct repository *repo, int *);
const char *setup_git_directory(void);
char *prefix_path(struct repository *repo, const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
char *prefix_path_gently(struct repository *repo, const char *prefix, int len, int *remaining, const char *path);
t/helper/test-path-utils.c
+1
-1
index 163fdeefb0..15eb44485c 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-path-utils.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-path-utils.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int cmd__path_utils(int argc, const char **argv)
const char *prefix = argv[2];
int prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
int nongit_ok;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit_ok);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nongit_ok);
while (argc > 3) {
char *pfx = prefix_path(the_repository, prefix, prefix_len, argv[3]);
t/helper/test-subprocess.c
+1
-1
index 8a070e47cd..a8194d24b3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-subprocess.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-subprocess.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int cmd__subprocess(int argc, const char **argv)
struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
int nogit = 0;
- setup_git_directory_gently(&nogit);
+ setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &nogit);
if (nogit)
die("No git repo found");
if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--setup-work-tree")) {