Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] for-each-repo: stop using the_repository

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:18:38 +0100

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 03:32:29AM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin/for-each-repo.c b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
> index 325a7925f1..478ccf1287 100644
> --- a/builtin/for-each-repo.c
> +++ b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
> -#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
> -
>  #include "builtin.h"
>  #include "config.h"
>  #include "gettext.h"
> @@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ static int run_command_on_repo(const char *path, int argc, const char ** argv)
>  int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc,
>  		      const char **argv,
>  		      const char *prefix,
> -		      struct repository *repo UNUSED)
> +		      struct repository *repo)
>  {
>  	static const char *config_key = NULL;
>  	int keep_going = 0;
> @@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc,
>  	if (!config_key)
>  		die(_("missing --config=<config>"));
>  
> -	err = repo_config_get_string_multi(the_repository, config_key, &values);
> +	err = repo_config_get_string_multi(repo, config_key, &values);
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		usage_msg_optf(_("got bad config --config=%s"),
>  			       for_each_repo_usage, options, config_key);

The command is marked as `RUN_SETUP_GENTLY`, so it may run in a context
where there is no repository. In such cases, `repo` would be `NULL`, and
that would cause the command to segfault here, wouldn't it?

Patrick