builtin/clone: stop using the_index

Convert git-clone(1) to use `the_repository->index` instead of
`the_index`.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: pks-t

builtin/clone.c

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * Clone a repository into a different directory that does not yet exist.
  */
 
-#define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "advice.h"
@@ -731,8 +730,8 @@ static int checkout(int submodule_progress, int filter_submodules)
 	opts.preserve_ignored = 0;
 	opts.fn = oneway_merge;
 	opts.verbose_update = (option_verbosity >= 0);
-	opts.src_index = &the_index;
-	opts.dst_index = &the_index;
+	opts.src_index = the_repository->index;
+	opts.dst_index = the_repository->index;
 	init_checkout_metadata(&opts.meta, head, &oid, NULL);
 
 	tree = parse_tree_indirect(&oid);
@@ -746,7 +745,7 @@ static int checkout(int submodule_progress, int filter_submodules)
 
 	free(head);
 
-	if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
+	if (write_locked_index(the_repository->index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
 		die(_("unable to write new index file"));
 
 	err |= run_hooks_l("post-checkout", oid_to_hex(null_oid()),