@@ -1143,16 +1143,17 @@ int is_descendant_of(struct commit *commit, struct commit_list *with_commit)
 /*
  * Is "commit" an ancestor of one of the "references"?
  */
-int in_merge_bases_many(struct commit *commit, int nr_reference, struct commit **reference)
+int repo_in_merge_bases_many(struct repository *r, struct commit *commit,
+			     int nr_reference, struct commit **reference)
 {
 	struct commit_list *bases;
 	int ret = 0, i;
 	uint32_t min_generation = GENERATION_NUMBER_INFINITY;
 
-	if (parse_commit(commit))
+	if (repo_parse_commit(r, commit))
 		return ret;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_reference; i++) {
-		if (parse_commit(reference[i]))
+		if (repo_parse_commit(r, reference[i]))
 			return ret;
 		if (reference[i]->generation < min_generation)
 			min_generation = reference[i]->generation;

@@ -1161,7 +1162,7 @@ int in_merge_bases_many(struct commit *commit, int nr_reference, struct commit *
 	if (commit->generation > min_generation)
 		return ret;
 
-	bases = paint_down_to_common(the_repository, commit,
+	bases = paint_down_to_common(r, commit,
 				     nr_reference, reference,
 				     commit->generation);
 	if (commit->object.flags & PARENT2)

@@ -1175,9 +1176,11 @@ int in_merge_bases_many(struct commit *commit, int nr_reference, struct commit *
 /*
  * Is "commit" an ancestor of (i.e. reachable from) the "reference"?
  */
-int in_merge_bases(struct commit *commit, struct commit *reference)
+int repo_in_merge_bases(struct repository *r,
+			struct commit *commit,
+			struct commit *reference)
 {
-	return in_merge_bases_many(commit, 1, &reference);
+	return repo_in_merge_bases_many(r, commit, 1, &reference);
 }
 
 struct commit_list *reduce_heads(struct commit_list *heads)

@@ -283,8 +283,12 @@ extern void prune_shallow(int show_only);
 extern struct trace_key trace_shallow;
 
 int is_descendant_of(struct commit *, struct commit_list *);
-int in_merge_bases(struct commit *, struct commit *);
-int in_merge_bases_many(struct commit *, int, struct commit **);
+int repo_in_merge_bases(struct repository *r, struct commit *, struct commit *);
+int repo_in_merge_bases_many(struct repository *r, struct commit *, int, struct commit **);
+#ifndef NO_THE_REPOSITORY_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
+#define in_merge_bases(c1, c2) repo_in_merge_bases(the_repository, c1, c2)
+#define in_merge_bases_many(c1, n, cs) repo_in_merge_bases_many(the_repository, c1, n, cs)
+#endif
 
 extern int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int patch);
 extern int run_add_interactive(const char *revision, const char *patch_mode,

@@ -68,3 +68,20 @@ expression F;
 - get_commit_buffer(
 + repo_get_commit_buffer(the_repository,
   E, F);
+
+@@
+expression E;
+expression F;
+@@
+- in_merge_bases(
++ repo_in_merge_bases(the_repository,
+  E, F);
+
+@@
+expression E;
+expression F;
+expression G;
+@@
+- in_merge_bases_many(
++ repo_in_merge_bases_many(the_repository,
+  E, F, G);