#include "builtin.h"
 #include "notes.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
+#include "repository.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 
        if (get_oid("NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL", &oid))
                die(_("failed to read ref NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL"));
-       else if (!(partial = lookup_commit_reference(&oid)))
+       else if (!(partial = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &oid)))
                die(_("could not find commit from NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL."));
        else if (parse_commit(partial))
                die(_("could not parse commit from NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL."));