1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index a8357ea954..043e1c8a07 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
-
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "advice.h"
@@ -2204,7 +2202,7 @@ static void configset_iter(struct config_set *set, config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 	}
 }
 
-void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
+void read_early_config(struct repository *repo, config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 {
 	struct config_options opts = {0};
 	struct strbuf commondir = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -2212,9 +2210,9 @@ void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 
 	opts.respect_includes = 1;
 
-	if (have_git_dir()) {
-		opts.commondir = repo_get_common_dir(the_repository);
-		opts.git_dir = repo_get_git_dir(the_repository);
+	if (repo && repo->gitdir) {
+		opts.commondir = repo_get_common_dir(repo);
+		opts.git_dir = repo_get_git_dir(repo);
 	/*
 	 * When setup_git_directory() was not yet asked to discover the
 	 * GIT_DIR, we ask discover_git_directory() to figure out whether there