Re: [PATCH 02/13] submodule--helper: get remote names from any repository

> On Tue, Sep 07 2021, Atharva Raykar wrote:
>
>> `get_default_remote()` retrieves the name of a remote by resolving the
>> refs from of the current repository's ref store.
>>
>> Thus in order to use it for retrieving the remote name of a submodule,
>> we have to start a new subprocess which runs from the submodule
>> directory.
>>
>> Let's instead introduce a function called `repo_get_default_remote()`
>> which takes any repository object and retrieves the remote accordingly.
>>
>> `get_default_remote()` is then defined as a call to
>> `repo_get_default_remote()` with 'the_repository' passed to it.
>
> I'd find this easier to follow if this were just squashed into the next
> commit. Both are rather small, but following the context of first adding
> a function, then using it, instead of just adding it, changing the old
> users etc. is harder than just having it in one commit.