Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Avoid the_repository in merge-ort and replay

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> "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Changes since v2:
> >
> >  * In first patch, actually avoid the_repository when attempting to remove
> >    check against the_repository
> >  * Fix commit message of patch 3 due to the new patch 1.
> >  * Slight tweak to commit message of patch 6.
> > ...
> > As noted in the comments on v1, I actually do not know why
> > prefetch_for_content_merges() needs to use the_repository. When I introduced
> > it back in 2bff554b23e8 (merge-ort: add prefetching for content merges,
> > 2021-06-22), I was just looking at diffcore_std() and trying to mimic how it
> > did the prefetch, and it has such a comparison. If anyone knows why
> > diffcore_std() needs to compare against the_repository, I'd love to hear...
>
> Is this comment still current?

> > Elijah Newren (6):
> >   merge,diff: remove the_repository check before prefetching blobs
> >   merge-ort: pass repository to write_tree()
> >   merge-ort: replace the_repository with opt->repo
> >   merge-ort: replace the_hash_algo with opt->repo->hash_algo
> >   merge-ort: prevent the_repository from coming back
> >   replay: prevent the_repository from coming back
>
> I do not seem to see the last step on the list archive.

> https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.2048.v3.git.1771718393.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
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> I'll resurrect it using the previous one and ...
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> >  6:  67db46f34f ! 6:  0654d04584 replay: prevent the_repository from coming back
> >      @@ Commit message
> >           coming back.
> >
> >           Define the_repository to make it a compilation error so that they don't
> >      -    come back any more.
> >      +    come back any more; the repo parameter plumbed through the various
> >      +    functions can be used instead.
> >
> >           Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> ... this piece of information.