Merge branch 'ps/environ-wo-the-repository'

Code clean-up.

* ps/environ-wo-the-repository: (21 commits)
  environment: stop storing "core.notesRef" globally
  environment: stop storing "core.warnAmbiguousRefs" globally
  environment: stop storing "core.preferSymlinkRefs" globally
  environment: stop storing "core.logAllRefUpdates" globally
  refs: stop modifying global `log_all_ref_updates` variable
  branch: stop modifying `log_all_ref_updates` variable
  repo-settings: track defaults close to `struct repo_settings`
  repo-settings: split out declarations into a standalone header
  environment: guard state depending on a repository
  environment: reorder header to split out `the_repository`-free section
  environment: move `set_git_dir()` and related into setup layer
  environment: make `get_git_namespace()` self-contained
  environment: move object database functions into object layer
  config: make dependency on repo in `read_early_config()` explicit
  config: document `read_early_config()` and `read_very_early_config()`
  environment: make `get_git_work_tree()` accept a repository
  environment: make `get_graft_file()` accept a repository
  environment: make `get_index_file()` accept a repository
  environment: make `get_object_directory()` accept a repository
  environment: make `get_git_common_dir()` accept a repository
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index d0497157c5..5c730c4f89 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -192,7 +192,18 @@ int git_config_from_blob_oid(config_fn_t fn, const char *name,
 void git_config_push_parameter(const char *text);
 void git_config_push_env(const char *spec);
 int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data);
-void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data);
+
+/*
+ * Read config when the Git directory has not yet been set up. In case
+ * `the_repository` has not yet been set up, try to discover the Git
+ * directory to read the configuration from.
+ */
+void read_early_config(struct repository *repo, config_fn_t cb, void *data);
+
+/*
+ * Read config but only enumerate system and global settings.
+ * Omit any repo-local, worktree-local, or command-line settings.
+ */
 void read_very_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data);
 
 /**