Re: [PATCH] add-patch: use repository instance from add_i_state instead of the_repository

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

Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> writes:

>> > Functions parse_diff(), edit_hunk_manually() and patch_update_file() use
>> > the_repository even though a repository instance is already available via
>> > struct add_i_state s which is defined in struct add_p_state *s.
>> >
>> > Use 's->s.r' instead of the_repository to avoid relying on global state. All
>> > callers pass a valid add_p_state and this does not change any behavior.
>> >
>> > This aligns with the ongoing effort to reduce usage of the_repository global
>> > state.
>>
>> So we can call this "reduce" but cannot say "eliminate" yet, as the
>> files uses comment_line_str?
>>
>> The <environment.h> header lists some global variables inside
>> "#ifndef USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE/#endif" block, and the
>> comment-line stuff is among them.
>>
>
> Yes that's right, there is an instance of comment_line_str, should I add this
> in the commit message and send a reroll ?

No need to.  I was just wondering if there are something I missed.