Patrick Steinhardt [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

The series is built on top of aec3f58750 (Sync with 'maint', 2026-05-21)
with ps/setup-wo-the-repository at df69f40c34 (setup: stop using
`the_repository` in `init_db()`, 2026-05-19) merged into it.

FWIW, this merge needs the following merge-fix squashed into it,
for the topic to build standalone.

commit ce350f62ceb26f3276ea3b7ad78b7f8cb4c35cf7
Author: Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]
Date:   Wed May 13 12:20:29 2026 +0900

    merge-fix/ps/setup-wo-the-repository
    
    with  js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows

diff --git a/t/helper/test-synthesize.c b/t/helper/test-synthesize.c
index 1f28ecf0f2..3fa534fbdf 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-synthesize.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-synthesize.c

@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int cmd__synthesize__pack(int argc, const char **argv,
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&non_git);
+	setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, &non_git);
 	repo = the_repository;
 	algo = unsafe_hash_algo(repo->hash_algo);