Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > The `raw_object_store` structure is the central entry point for reading > and writing objects in a repository. The main purpose of this structure > is to manage object directories and provide an interface to access and > write objects in those object directories. > > Right now, many of the functions associated with the raw object store > implicitly rely on `the_repository` to get access to its `objects` > pointer, which is the `raw_object_store`. As we want to generally get > rid of using `the_repository` across our codebase we will have to > convert this implicit dependency on this global variable into an > explicit parameter. > > This conversion can be done by simply passing in an explicit pointer to > a repository and then using its `->objects` pointer. But there is a > second effort underway, which is to make the object subsystem more > selfcontained so that we can eventually have pluggale object backends. Tiniest nit, but worth mentioning in case of a reroll: s/pluggale/pluggable/ -- Toon
