On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 02:28:20PM +0200, Toon Claes wrote:

Patrick Steinhardt [off-list ref] writes:

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There's a single user of `the_repository` in the "packed" reference
backend. Convert it to instead use the backend's repository and drop
`USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE`.

Well, this was removed in the previous patch. I'm fine keeping this as a
separate commmit, but the messaging is a bit confusing.

That's fair indeed. I don't quite remember why I split it up -- I assume
that originally I had to do some more changes? Anyway, I think it's
sensible to just merge these two commits.

Patrick