From: Shreyansh Paliwal Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:44:17 GMT Subject: [PATCH 0/5] refs: reduce reliance on the_repository global state Message-ID: <20260325164833.1216577-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> This series continues the effort to reduce reliance on the_repository global state by making repository context explicit across the refs subsystem. The patches focus on passing struct repository through various ref helpers and backends, and replacing uses of global state such as the_repository and the_hash_algo with the appropriate repository instance. Patch 1/5: Making branch name helper functions (copy_branchname(), check_branch_ref(), validate_branchname(), and validate_new_branchname()) repository-aware. (built on top of jw/object-name-bitset-to-enum) Patch 2/5: Updating get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms() to take a repository and propagating it through files-backend, including callback paths. Patch 3/5: Replacing uses of the_hash_algo in refs.c with the hash algorithm from the appropriate repository. Patch 4/5: Removing remaining uses of the_repository in reftable-backend.c where a repository instance is already available. Patch 5/5: Replacing the single instance of the_repository in packed-backend.c, thus dropping the USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE macro. Shreyansh Paliwal (5): refs: make branchname helpers repository aware refs: make get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms() repostory aware refs: remove the_hash_algo global state refs/reftable-backend: drop uses of the_repository refs/packed-backend: use ref_store->repo instead of the_repository branch.c | 15 ++++++++------- branch.h | 5 +++-- builtin/branch.c | 14 +++++++------- builtin/check-ref-format.c | 3 ++- builtin/checkout.c | 6 +++--- builtin/merge.c | 2 +- builtin/worktree.c | 10 +++++----- refs.c | 28 +++++++++++++--------------- refs.h | 5 +++-- refs/files-backend.c | 19 +++++++++++++------ refs/packed-backend.c | 3 +-- refs/refs-internal.h | 2 +- refs/reftable-backend.c | 6 +++--- 13 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) -- 2.53.0