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

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:47:38 -0700

Shreyansh Paliwal <[email-masked]> 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.

The patch looks correct.  Will queue.  Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Paliwal <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  add-patch.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/add-patch.c b/add-patch.c
> index 8c03f710d3..30df920723 100644
> --- a/add-patch.c
> +++ b/add-patch.c
> @@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ static int parse_diff(struct add_p_state *s, const struct pathspec *ps)
>  		strvec_push(&args,
>  			    /* could be on an unborn branch */
>  			    !strcmp("HEAD", s->revision) &&
> -			    repo_get_oid(the_repository, "HEAD", &oid) ?
> -			    empty_tree_oid_hex(the_repository->hash_algo) : s->revision);
> +			    repo_get_oid(s->s.r, "HEAD", &oid) ?
> +			    empty_tree_oid_hex(s->s.r->hash_algo) : s->revision);
>  	}
>  	color_arg_index = args.nr;
>  	/* Use `--no-color` explicitly, just in case `diff.color = always`. */
> @@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ static int edit_hunk_manually(struct add_p_state *s, struct hunk *hunk)
>  				"removed, then the edit is\n"
>  				"aborted and the hunk is left unchanged.\n"));
>
> -	if (strbuf_edit_interactively(the_repository, &s->buf,
> +	if (strbuf_edit_interactively(s->s.r, &s->buf,
>  				      "addp-hunk-edit.diff", NULL) < 0)
>  		return -1;
>
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static size_t patch_update_file(struct add_p_state *s, size_t idx)
>  		if (file_diff->hunk_nr) {
>  			if (rendered_hunk_index != hunk_index) {
>  				if (use_pager) {
> -					setup_pager(the_repository);
> +					setup_pager(s->s.r);
>  					sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
>  				}
>  				render_hunk(s, hunk, 0, colored, &s->buf);
> --
> 2.53.0