Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] remote: remove the_repository from some functions

> Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> writes:
> 
>> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
>>
>> The remotes_remote_get_1 (and its caller, remotes_remote_get, have an
>> implicit dependency on the_repository due to calling
>> read_branches_file() and read_remotes_file(), both of which use
>> the_repository. The branch_get() function calls set_merge() which has an
>> implicit dependency on the_repository as well.
>>
>> Because of this use of the_repository, the helper functions cannot be
>> used in code paths which operate on other repositories. A future
>> refactor of the submodule--helper will want to make use of some of these
>> functions.
>>
>> Refactor to break the dependency by passing struct repository *repo
>> instead of struct remote_state *remote_state in a few places.
>>
>> The public callers and many other helper functions still depend on
>> the_repository. A repo-aware function will be exposed in a following
>> change for git submodule--helper.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  remote.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> As exactly one remote_state instance belongs to each repository ever
> since fd3cb050 (remote: move static variables into per-repository
> struct, 2021-11-17) defined the former, and remote_state is not
> shared across repository, passing the repository instance that owns
> a remote_state instance and pick up the .remote_state member out of
> it as needed would give us the right remote_state, and gives us
> access to the repository instance it owns it.
> 
> Makes perfect sense,