Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] run-command: wean auto_maintenance() functions off the_repository

From: Burak Kaan Karaçay <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:44:37 +0300

The prepare_auto_maintenance() relies on the_repository to read
configurations. Since run_auto_maintenance() calls
prepare_auto_maintenance(), it also implicitly depends the_repository.

Add 'struct repository *' as a parameter to both functions and update
all callers to pass the_repository.

With no global repository dependencies left in this file, remove the
USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE macro.

Suggested-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Burak Kaan Karaçay <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/am.c           |  2 +-
 builtin/commit.c       |  2 +-
 builtin/fetch.c        |  2 +-
 builtin/merge.c        |  2 +-
 builtin/rebase.c       |  4 +++-
 builtin/receive-pack.c |  2 +-
 run-command.c          | 16 ++++++++--------
 run-command.h          |  7 +++++--
 8 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index e0c767e223..9d0b51c651 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 	 */
 	if (!state->rebasing) {
 		am_destroy(state);
-		run_auto_maintenance(state->quiet);
+		run_auto_maintenance(the_repository, state->quiet);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 844bdcc728..7b23c1f883 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc,
 	git_test_write_commit_graph_or_die(the_repository->objects->sources);
 
 	repo_rerere(the_repository, 0);
-	run_auto_maintenance(quiet);
+	run_auto_maintenance(the_repository, quiet);
 	run_commit_hook(use_editor, repo_get_index_file(the_repository),
 			NULL, "post-commit", NULL);
 	if (amend && !no_post_rewrite) {
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 8a36cf67b5..4795b2a13c 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc,
 			if (opt_val != 0)
 				git_config_push_parameter("maintenance.incremental-repack.auto=-1");
 		}
-		run_auto_maintenance(verbosity < 0);
+		run_auto_maintenance(the_repository, verbosity < 0);
 	}
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 4e456a381c..2cbce56f8d 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static void finish(struct commit *head_commit,
 			 * We ignore errors in 'gc --auto', since the
 			 * user should see them.
 			 */
-			run_auto_maintenance(verbosity < 0);
+			run_auto_maintenance(the_repository, verbosity < 0);
 		}
 	}
 	if (new_head && show_diffstat) {
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index c487e10907..8c1316db38 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -562,7 +562,9 @@ static int finish_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts)
 	 * We ignore errors in 'git maintenance run --auto', since the
 	 * user should see them.
 	 */
-	run_auto_maintenance(!(opts->flags & (REBASE_NO_QUIET|REBASE_VERBOSE)));
+	run_auto_maintenance(the_repository,
+			!(opts->flags & (REBASE_NO_QUIET|REBASE_VERBOSE)));
+
 	if (opts->type == REBASE_MERGE) {
 		struct replay_opts replay = REPLAY_OPTS_INIT;
 
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index d6225df890..e34edff406 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc,
 		if (auto_gc) {
 			struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
-			if (prepare_auto_maintenance(1, &proc)) {
+			if (prepare_auto_maintenance(the_repository, 1, &proc)) {
 				proc.no_stdin = 1;
 				proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
 				proc.err = use_sideband ? -1 : 0;
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index ed5e8be976..38f4c699f8 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
 #define DISABLE_SIGN_COMPARE_WARNINGS
 
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
@@ -1937,11 +1936,12 @@ void run_processes_parallel(const struct run_process_parallel_opts *opts)
 		trace2_region_leave(tr2_category, tr2_label, NULL);
 }
 
-int prepare_auto_maintenance(int quiet, struct child_process *maint)
+int prepare_auto_maintenance(struct repository *r, int quiet,
+			     struct child_process *maint)
 {
 	int enabled, auto_detach;
 
-	if (!repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, "maintenance.auto", &enabled) &&
+	if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "maintenance.auto", &enabled) &&
 	    !enabled)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1950,12 +1950,12 @@ int prepare_auto_maintenance(int quiet, struct child_process *maint)
 	 * honoring `gc.autoDetach`. This is somewhat weird, but required to
 	 * retain behaviour from when we used to run git-gc(1) here.
 	 */
-	if (repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, "maintenance.autodetach", &auto_detach) &&
-	    repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, "gc.autodetach", &auto_detach))
+	if (repo_config_get_bool(r, "maintenance.autodetach", &auto_detach) &&
+	    repo_config_get_bool(r, "gc.autodetach", &auto_detach))
 		auto_detach = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_MAINT_AUTO_DETACH", true);
 
 	maint->git_cmd = 1;
-	maint->odb_to_close = the_repository->objects;
+	maint->odb_to_close = r->objects;
 	strvec_pushl(&maint->args, "maintenance", "run", "--auto", NULL);
 	strvec_push(&maint->args, quiet ? "--quiet" : "--no-quiet");
 	strvec_push(&maint->args, auto_detach ? "--detach" : "--no-detach");
@@ -1963,10 +1963,10 @@ int prepare_auto_maintenance(int quiet, struct child_process *maint)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int run_auto_maintenance(int quiet)
+int run_auto_maintenance(struct repository *r, int quiet)
 {
 	struct child_process maint = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
-	if (!prepare_auto_maintenance(quiet, &maint))
+	if (!prepare_auto_maintenance(r, quiet, &maint))
 		return 0;
 	return run_command(&maint);
 }
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index af4c9da279..ad25740fe6 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "strvec.h"
 
+struct repository;
+
 /**
  * The run-command API offers a versatile tool to run sub-processes with
  * redirected input and output as well as with a modified environment
@@ -227,12 +229,13 @@ int run_command(struct child_process *);
  * process has been prepared and is ready to run, or 0 in case auto-maintenance
  * should be skipped.
  */
-int prepare_auto_maintenance(int quiet, struct child_process *maint);
+int prepare_auto_maintenance(struct repository *r, int quiet,
+			     struct child_process *maint);
 
 /*
  * Trigger an auto-gc
  */
-int run_auto_maintenance(int quiet);
+int run_auto_maintenance(struct repository *r, int quiet);
 
 /**
  * Execute the given command, sending "in" to its stdin, and capturing its
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