Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] Introduce `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE` macro

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 13, 2024, 23:18 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPc5daUpzc+FDTH4-ajjf6ctnchE5Z6mHVvpm0qnbPLup18ykg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b69449d0-46f4-448e-b80e-002a8b5c4e1f@ramsayjones.plus.com>

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> wrote:

>
> Hmm, odd; isn't the declaration of 'the_repository' from
> the "repository.h" header file visible at this point?

No. The declaration is guarded with USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE CPP macro in the header, and repository.c does not define it.

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