Re: [PATCH] prune-packed: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 04:31:12PM +0000, Shashank S via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Shashank <shashu8660@gmail.com>
> 
> Right now, the prune_packed_objects() function uses the global

Nit: we typically refrain from saying "now", as it's implicitly clear
that you're describing the status quo in your commit message unless you
explicitly refer to an older commit.

> the_repository variable. To help with the libification effort,
> change this function so it takes a 'struct repository' pointer
> as an argument instead.
> 
> The function for_each_loose_file_in_source() uses a callback
> that only takes a single 'void *data' pointer. This means we
> cannot pass both the repository pointer and the 'opts' integer
> at the same time. To fix this, create a new 'struct prune_data'
> to hold both of them together, and update the prune_subdir() and
> prune_object() callbacks to read from this new struct.
> 
> Update the builtins that call this function (builtin/prune-packed.c,
> builtin/prune.c, and builtin/repack.c) to pass their local `repo`
> variables. Because we are now actually using the 'repo'  parameter
> in these files, we can safely remove the UNUSED macro from them.

The question isn't really whether we can safely remove the UNUSED macro.
The question is rather whether we can assume that `repo` always points
to a proper repository. And for that you need to research whether these
commands can be invoked outside of a repository, because if so the repo
may be `NULL`.

> finally, drop the USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE macro from

s/finally/Finally

> prune-packed.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shashank <shashu8660@gmail.com>

We typically ask contributors to spell out their full name, see
Documentation/SubmittingPatches [[real-name]].

The changes all look sensible to me, thanks!

Patrick