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[GSOC PATCH v2 0/2] mailmap: reduce global state

From
Burak Kaan Karaçay <bkkaracay@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 20, 2026, 06:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20260220060442.29469-1-bkkaracay@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20260219125954.3539324-1-bkkaracay@gmail.com>
Hi,

This patch series aims to reduce the global variable dependency of the mailmap subsystem:

  - Patch 1 eliminates the implicit 'the_repository' dependency in the
    'read_mailmap' and 'read_mailmap_blob' functions by adding a
    'struct repository' parameter.
  - Patch 2 removes the 'git_mailmap_file' and 'git_mailmap_blob' global
    variables, shifting to on-demand configuration reading via the config
    set helpers and using local variables.
    
Changes in v2:
  - Forward declare 'struct repository' in mailmap.h
  - Fix whitespace problems
Thanks to Junio for the kind words and for catching the 'make hdr-check' issue.
Burak Kaan Karaçay (2):
  mailmap: stop using the_repository
  mailmap: drop global config variables
 builtin/blame.c         |  2 +-
 builtin/cat-file.c      |  2 +-
 builtin/check-mailmap.c |  4 ++--
 builtin/commit.c        |  2 +-
 builtin/log.c           |  2 +-
 builtin/shortlog.c      |  2 +-
 environment.c           | 19 -------------------
 mailmap.c               | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 mailmap.h               |  9 ++++-----
 pretty.c                |  2 +-
 ref-filter.c            |  2 +-
 11 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
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2.52.0
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Burak Kaan Karaçay
Message 6 of 9 in “mailmap: reduce global state”
  1. 0/2 mailmap: reduce global stateBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 19, 2026
  2. 1/2 mailmap: stop using the_repositoryBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 19, 2026
  3. 2/2 mailmap: drop global config variablesBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 19, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  6. 0/2 mailmap: reduce global stateBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 20, 2026
  7. 1/2 mailmap: stop using the_repositoryBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 20, 2026
  8. 2/2 mailmap: drop global config variablesBurak Kaan Karaçay, Feb 20, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2026

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