git · malon7782 · Feb 16, 2026 · Feb 16, 2026 · Feb 16, 2026 · Mar 1, 2026
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
@@ -881,10 +881,11 @@ const char *git_attr_system_file(void)
 
 const char *git_attr_global_file(void)
 {
-	if (!git_attributes_file)
-		git_attributes_file = xdg_config_home("attributes");
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+	if (!cfg->attributes_file)
+		cfg->attributes_file = xdg_config_home("attributes");
 
-	return git_attributes_file;
+	return cfg->attributes_file;
 }
 
 int git_attr_system_is_enabled(void)

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ enum branch_track {
 	BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE,
 };
 
-extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
-
 /* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
 
 /**

diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ static int parse_mail(struct am_state *state, const char *mail)
 	setup_mailinfo(the_repository, &mi);
 
 	if (state->utf8)
-		mi.metainfo_charset = get_commit_output_encoding();
+		mi.metainfo_charset = get_commit_output_encoding(the_repository);
 	else
 		mi.metainfo_charset = NULL;
 
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static void get_commit_info(struct am_state *state, struct commit *commit)
 	struct ident_split id;
 
 	buffer = repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, commit, NULL,
-				      get_commit_output_encoding());
+				      get_commit_output_encoding(the_repository));
 
 	ident_line = find_commit_header(buffer, "author", &ident_len);
 	if (!ident_line)
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ static void do_commit(const struct am_state *state)
 							 : state->author_date,
 				      IDENT_STRICT);
 
-	if (commit_tree_extended(state->msg, state->msg_len, &tree, parents,
+	if (commit_tree_extended(the_repository, state->msg, state->msg_len, &tree, parents,
 				 &commit, author, committer, state->sign_commit,
 				 NULL))
 		die(_("failed to write commit object"));

diff --git a/builtin/backfill.c b/builtin/backfill.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit
 			 N_("Restrict the missing objects to the current sparse-checkout")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	show_usage_with_options_if_asked(argc, argv,
 					 builtin_backfill_usage, options);
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit
 	repo_config(repo, git_default_config, NULL);
 
 	if (ctx.sparse < 0)
-		ctx.sparse = core_apply_sparse_checkout;
+		ctx.sparse = cfg->apply_sparse_checkout;
 
 	result = do_backfill(&ctx);
 	backfill_context_clear(&ctx);

diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void get_commit_info(struct commit *commit, struct commit_info *ret)
 	const char *subject, *encoding;
 	const char *message;
 
-	encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+	encoding = get_log_output_encoding(the_repository);
 	message = repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, commit, NULL, encoding);
 	get_ac_line(message, "\nauthor ",
 		    &ret->author, &ret->author_mail,

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting;
 	struct string_list sorting_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 	int ret;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	if (!sorting_options.nr)
 		string_list_append(&sorting_options, "refname");
 
-	track = git_branch_track;
+	track = cfg->branch_track;
 
 	head = refs_resolve_refdup(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "HEAD",
 				   0, &head_oid, NULL);

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static void describe_detached_head(const char *msg, struct commit *commit)
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (!repo_parse_commit(the_repository, commit))
-		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
+		pp_commit_easy(the_repository, CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
 	if (print_sha1_ellipsis()) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
 			repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV),
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ static void describe_one_orphan(struct strbuf *sb, struct commit *commit)
 	strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(sb, &commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
 	strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
 	if (!repo_parse_commit(the_repository, commit))
-		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
+		pp_commit_easy(the_repository, CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
 	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ static void die_if_switching_to_a_branch_in_use(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			   struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
 {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 	int noop_switch = (!new_branch_info->name &&
 			   !opts->new_branch &&
 			   !opts->force_detach);
@@ -1633,7 +1634,7 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
 			die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--detach", "-t");
 	} else if (opts->track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
-		opts->track = git_branch_track;
+		opts->track = cfg->branch_track;
 
 	if (new_branch_info->name && !new_branch_info->commit)
 		die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"),

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -617,13 +617,15 @@ static int git_sparse_checkout_init(const char *repo)
 {
 	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	int result = 0;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
 	strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "-C", repo, "sparse-checkout", "set", NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * We must apply the setting in the current process
 	 * for the later checkout to use the sparse-checkout file.
 	 */
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
 
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 	if (run_command(&cmd)) {

diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc,
 			die_errno(_("git commit-tree: failed to read"));
 	}
 
-	if (commit_tree(buffer.buf, buffer.len, &tree_oid, parents, &commit_oid,
+	if (commit_tree(the_repository, buffer.buf, buffer.len, &tree_oid, parents, &commit_oid,
 			NULL, sign_commit)) {
 		ret = 1;
 		goto out;

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 			c = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(squash_message);
 			if (!c)
 				die(_("could not lookup commit '%s'"), squash_message);
-			ctx.output_encoding = get_commit_output_encoding();
+			ctx.output_encoding = get_commit_output_encoding(the_repository);
 			repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, c,
 						   "squash! %s\n\n", &sb,
 						   &ctx);
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 		commit = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(fixup_commit);
 		if (!commit)
 			die(_("could not lookup commit '%s'"), fixup_commit);
-		ctx.output_encoding = get_commit_output_encoding();
+		ctx.output_encoding = get_commit_output_encoding(the_repository);
 		fmt = xstrfmt("%s! %%s\n\n", fixup_prefix);
 		repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, commit, fmt, &sb,
 					   &ctx);
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static const char *read_commit_message(const char *name)
 	commit = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(name);
 	if (!commit)
 		die(_("could not lookup commit '%s'"), name);
-	out_enc = get_commit_output_encoding();
+	out_enc = get_commit_output_encoding(the_repository);
 	return repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, commit, NULL, out_enc);
 }
 
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc,
 		append_merge_tag_headers(parents, &tail);
 	}
 
-	if (commit_tree_extended(sb.buf, sb.len, &the_repository->index->cache_tree->oid,
+	if (commit_tree_extended(the_repository, sb.buf, sb.len, &the_repository->index->cache_tree->oid,
 				 parents, &oid, author_ident.buf, NULL,
 				 sign_commit, extra)) {
 		rollback_index_files();

diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int grep_submodule(struct grep_opt *opt,
 	 *	"forget" the sparse-index feature switch. As a result, the index
 	 *	of these submodules are expanded unexpectedly.
 	 *
-	 * 2. "core_apply_sparse_checkout"
+	 * 2. "config_values_private_.apply_sparse_checkout"
 	 *	When running `grep` in the superproject, this setting is
 	 *	populated using the superproject's configs. However, once
 	 *	initialized, this config is globally accessible and is read by

diff --git a/builtin/history.c b/builtin/history.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int commit_tree_with_edited_message(struct repository *repo,
 
 	original_extra_headers = read_commit_extra_headers(original, exclude_gpgsig);
 
-	ret = commit_tree_extended(commit_message.buf, commit_message.len, &original_tree_oid,
+	ret = commit_tree_extended(repo, commit_message.buf, commit_message.len, &original_tree_oid,
 				   original->parents, &rewritten_commit_oid, original_author,
 				   NULL, NULL, original_extra_headers);
 	if (ret < 0)

diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void show_tagger(const char *buf, struct rev_info *rev)
 
 	pp.fmt = rev->commit_format;
 	pp.date_mode = rev->date_mode;
-	pp_user_info(&pp, "Tagger", &out, buf, get_log_output_encoding());
+	pp_user_info(&pp, "Tagger", &out, buf, get_log_output_encoding(the_repository));
 	fprintf(rev->diffopt.file, "%s", out.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&out);
 }
@@ -2521,7 +2521,7 @@ static void print_commit(char sign, struct commit *commit, int verbose,
 		       repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid, abbrev));
 	} else {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &buf);
+		pp_commit_easy(the_repository, CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &buf);
 		fprintf(file, "%c %s %s\n", sign,
 		       repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid, abbrev),
 		       buf.buf);

diff --git a/builtin/mailinfo.c b/builtin/mailinfo.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int parse_opt_quoted_cr(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int un
 int cmd_mailinfo(int argc,
 		 const char **argv,
 		 const char *prefix,
-		 struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+		 struct repository *repo)
 {
 	struct metainfo_charset meta_charset;
 	struct mailinfo mi;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int cmd_mailinfo(int argc,
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
-	setup_mailinfo(the_repository, &mi);
+	setup_mailinfo(repo, &mi);
 	meta_charset.policy = CHARSET_DEFAULT;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, mailinfo_usage, 0);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int cmd_mailinfo(int argc,
 
 	switch (meta_charset.policy) {
 	case CHARSET_DEFAULT:
-		mi.metainfo_charset = get_commit_output_encoding();
+		mi.metainfo_charset = get_commit_output_encoding(repo);
 		break;
 	case CHARSET_NO_REENCODE:
 		mi.metainfo_charset = NULL;

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static void squash_message(struct commit *commit, struct commit_list *remotehead
 		strbuf_addch(&out, '\n');
 		strbuf_addf(&out, "commit %s\n",
 			oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
-		pretty_print_commit(&ctx, commit, &out);
+		pretty_print_commit(the_repository, &ctx, commit, &out);
 	}
 	write_file_buf(git_path_squash_msg(the_repository), out.buf, out.len);
 	strbuf_release(&out);
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static int merge_trivial(struct commit *head, struct commit_list *remoteheads)
 	pptr = commit_list_append(head, pptr);
 	pptr = commit_list_append(remoteheads->item, pptr);
 	prepare_to_commit(remoteheads);
-	if (commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, merge_msg.len, &result_tree, parents,
+	if (commit_tree(the_repository, merge_msg.buf, merge_msg.len, &result_tree, parents,
 			&result_commit, NULL, sign_commit))
 		die(_("failed to write commit object"));
 	finish(head, remoteheads, &result_commit, "In-index merge");
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static int finish_automerge(struct commit *head,
 	if (!head_subsumed || fast_forward == FF_NO)
 		commit_list_insert(head, &parents);
 	prepare_to_commit(remoteheads);
-	if (commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, merge_msg.len, result_tree, parents,
+	if (commit_tree(the_repository, merge_msg.buf, merge_msg.len, result_tree, parents,
 			&result_commit, NULL, sign_commit))
 		die(_("failed to write commit object"));
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "Merge made by the '%s' strategy.", wt_strategy);

diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc,
 	struct hashmap moved_dirs = HASHMAP_INIT(pathmap_cmp, NULL);
 	struct strbuf pathbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
 
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc,
 		rename_index_entry_at(the_repository->index, pos, dst);
 
 		if (ignore_sparse &&
-		    core_apply_sparse_checkout &&
+		    cfg->apply_sparse_checkout &&
 		    core_sparse_checkout_cone) {
 			/*
 			 * NEEDSWORK: we are *not* paying attention to

diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static NORETURN void die_push_simple(struct branch *branch,
 	const char *advice_pushdefault_maybe = "";
 	const char *advice_automergesimple_maybe = "";
 	const char *short_upstream = branch->merge[0]->src;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	skip_prefix(short_upstream, "refs/heads/", &short_upstream);
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ static NORETURN void die_push_simple(struct branch *branch,
 		advice_pushdefault_maybe = _("\n"
 				 "To choose either option permanently, "
 				 "see push.default in 'git help config'.\n");
-	if (git_branch_track != BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE)
+	if (cfg->branch_track != BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE)
 		advice_automergesimple_maybe = _("\n"
 				 "To avoid automatically configuring "
 				 "an upstream branch when its name\n"

diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc,
 		options.upstream_arg = options.upstream_name;
 	} else {
 		if (!options.onto_name) {
-			if (commit_tree("", 0, the_hash_algo->empty_tree, NULL,
+			if (commit_tree(the_repository, "", 0, the_hash_algo->empty_tree, NULL,
 					&squash_onto, NULL, NULL) < 0)
 				die(_("Could not create new root commit"));
 			options.squash_onto = &squash_onto;

diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void print_new_head_line(struct commit *commit)
 	printf(_("HEAD is now at %s"),
 		repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 
-	pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &buf);
+	pp_commit_easy(the_repository, CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &buf);
 	if (buf.len > 0)
 		printf(" %s", buf.buf);
 	putchar('\n');

diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 		ctx.date_mode = revs->date_mode;
 		ctx.date_mode_explicit = revs->date_mode_explicit;
 		ctx.fmt = revs->commit_format;
-		ctx.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+		ctx.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding(the_repository);
 		ctx.color = revs->diffopt.use_color;
 		ctx.rev = revs;
-		pretty_print_commit(&ctx, commit, &buf);
+		pretty_print_commit(the_repository, &ctx, commit, &buf);
 		if (buf.len) {
 			if (revs->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
 				graph_show_oneline(revs->graph);

diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ void shortlog_add_commit(struct shortlog *log, struct commit *commit)
 	ctx.fmt = CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT;
 	ctx.abbrev = log->abbrev;
 	ctx.date_mode = log->date_mode;
-	ctx.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+	ctx.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding(the_repository);
 
 	if (!log->summary) {
 		if (log->user_format)
-			pretty_print_commit(&ctx, commit, &oneline);
+			pretty_print_commit(the_repository, &ctx, commit, &oneline);
 		else
 			repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, commit,
 						   "%s", &oneline, &ctx);

diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static void show_one_commit(struct commit *commit, int no_name)
 	struct commit_name *name = commit_to_name(commit);
 
 	if (commit->object.parsed) {
-		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &pretty);
+		pp_commit_easy(the_repository, CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &pretty);
 		pretty_str = pretty.buf;
 	}
 	skip_prefix(pretty_str, "[PATCH] ", &pretty_str);
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ enum branch_track { @@
     	BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE,
     };
-    extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
     /* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
     /**
@@ Expand Down @@