Re: [PATCH 1/2] branch.c: remove explicit reference to the_repository

>> 4) eventually (in the very long run), we'd change the signature of
>>   all commands from cmd_foo(int argc, char argv, char *prefix)
>>   to cmd_foo(int argc, char argv, struct repository *repo)
>>
>> you seem to be interested in removing the_repository from branch.c,
>> but not as much from bultin/ for now, which is roughly step 2 in that plan?
>
> Yes. Though I think step 4 is to make setup_git_directory() and
> enter_repo() return a 'struct repository *'. This means if you have
> not called either function and not take the repo as an argument, you
> do not have access to any repository.