Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] apply: remove the_repository global variable

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> I disagree with this statement. If code isn't prepare to not handle a
> `NULL` repository we shouldn't fall back to `the_repository`, but we
> should instead prepare the code to handle this case. This of course
> requires us to do a ton of refactorings, but that is the idea of this
> whole exercise to get rid of `the_repository`.

I agree.  To me, the patch was screaming that the author was not
prepared to go the whole nine yards, though.  Adding back the
explicit reference to "the_repository" as a fallback is the next
best thing to do, pushing the "problem" closer to where it is.

> If a command cannot be converted to stop using `the_repository` right
> now we should skip it and revisit once all prerequisites have been
> adapted accordingly.

That is also a viable approach.