Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] environment: clean up repository config handling

> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 02:11:08PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>> 
>> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 04:59:29PM +0800, Tian Yuchen wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> 
>> >> This series contains several cleanup patches for repository configuration
>> >> handling.
>> >> 
>> >> No functional changes are intended. The patches make the related code
>> >> more consistent and easier to maintain by improving documentation,
>> >> formatting, and the organization of repo_config_values.
>> >> 
>> >> RFC:
>> >> If there are other small cleanups in this area that would be useful to
>> >> include, suggestions are welcome.
>> >
>> > Somewhat unrelated to this patch series, but I was wondering whether you
>> > plan to drop the limitation in `repo_config_values()` that requires that
>> > the passed-in repository is `the_repository`. This limitation is
>> > starting to create problems as more and more of our infrastructure is
>> > migrating into `struct repo_config_values`, so using a different repo
>> > than `the_repository` is starting to become harder and harder in our
>> > codebase.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Patrick
>> 
>> Hmph, that is an interesting point.  What is our plan to really
>> ...
> Yeah, this split is adding to the confusion indeed. I think that we
> should make it a goal to unify those going forward.
> ...
> The last part about not modifying that structure could be quite a bit
> painful though, as it would mean that we might have to adapt call chains
> to pass down a `struct git_config_values` instead of a `struct
> repository`. But arguably, that's the right thing to do anyway for at
> least some subsystems that are independent of repositories.
>
> As you say though, none of this is really related to this patch series
> at hand, and I don't think we need to resolve this discussion before we
> can merge it. I just want to make sure that we have a plan for how to
> get rid of `the_repository` instead of only shuffling stuff around.