Re: [PATCH] xdiff-interface: stop using the_repository

>>> -	ptr->ptr = odb_read_object(the_repository->objects, oid, &type, &size);
>>> +	ptr->ptr = odb_read_object(odb, oid, &type, &size);
>>>  	if (!ptr->ptr || type != OBJ_BLOB)
>>>  		die("unable to read blob object %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
>>>  	ptr->size = size;
>
> My initial version did that.  Then I realized that read_mmblob() is just
> a thin odb_read_object() wrapper that converts null_oid to
> empty_blob_oid and dies on non-blobs, though, so requiring a full repo
> pointer seemed excessive.  And all callers also use other odb_*
> functions already.