thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/fileops.c b/src/fileops.c
index f101cec..e0a5ff4 100644
--- a/src/fileops.c
+++ b/src/fileops.c
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ int gitfo_write(git_file fd, void *buf, size_t cnt)
 	return GIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+int gitfo_isdir(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	return (path && gitfo_stat(path, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) ? 
+		GIT_SUCCESS : GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+}
+
 int gitfo_exists(const char *path)
 {
 	return access(path, F_OK);
diff --git a/src/fileops.h b/src/fileops.h
index 2da4231..618bddd 100644
--- a/src/fileops.h
+++ b/src/fileops.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef struct {  /* file io buffer  */
 extern int gitfo_exists(const char *path);
 extern int gitfo_open(const char *path, int flags);
 extern int gitfo_creat(const char *path, int mode);
+extern int gitfo_isdir(const char *path);
 #define gitfo_close(fd) close(fd)
 
 extern int gitfo_read(git_file fd, void *buf, size_t cnt);
diff --git a/src/git/index.h b/src/git/index.h
index 46fccbd..3b26235 100644
--- a/src/git/index.h
+++ b/src/git/index.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_git_index_h__
 #define INCLUDE_git_index_h__
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "oid.h"
 
@@ -16,18 +17,50 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 /** Memory representation of an index file. */
 typedef struct git_index git_index;
 
+
+/** Time used in a git index entry */
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t seconds;
+	uint32_t nanoseconds;
+} git_index_time;
+
 /** Memory representation of a file entry in the index. */
-typedef struct git_index_entry git_index_entry;
+typedef struct git_index_entry {
+	git_index_time ctime;
+	git_index_time mtime;
+
+	uint32_t dev;
+	uint32_t ino;
+	uint32_t mode;
+	uint32_t uid;
+	uint32_t gid;
+	uint32_t file_size;
+
+	git_oid oid;
+
+	uint16_t flags;
+	uint16_t flags_extended;
+
+	char *path;
+} git_index_entry;
 
 
 /**
  * Create a new Git index object as a memory representation
  * of the Git index file in 'index_path'.
  *
+ * The argument 'working_dir' is the root path of the indexed
+ * files in the index and is used to calculate the relative path
+ * when inserting new entries from existing files on disk.
+ *
+ * If 'working _dir' is NULL (e.g for bare repositories), the
+ * methods working on on-disk files will fail.
+ *
  * @param index_path the path to the index file in disk
+ * @param working_dir working dir for the git repository
  * @return the index object; NULL if the index could not be created
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(git_index *) git_index_alloc(const char *index_path);
+GIT_EXTERN(git_index *) git_index_alloc(const char *index_path, const char *working_dir);
 
 /**
  * Clear the contents (all the entries) of an index object.
@@ -83,6 +116,19 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_find(git_index *index, const char *path);
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_add(git_index *index, const char *path, int stage);
 
+/**
+ * Get a pointer to one of the entries in the index
+ *
+ * This entry can be modified, and the changes will be written
+ * back to disk on the next write() call.
+ *
+ * @param index an existing index object
+ * @param n the position of the entry
+ * @return a pointer to the entry; NULL if out of bounds
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(git_index_entry *) git_index_get(git_index *index, int n);
+
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/src/git/repository.h b/src/git/repository.h
index 0a50fe1..058849b 100644
--- a/src/git/repository.h
+++ b/src/git/repository.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "odb.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "index.h"
 
 /**
  * @file git/repository.h
@@ -15,15 +16,28 @@
 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 /**
- * Allocate a new repository object.
+ * Open a git repository.
  *
- * TODO: specify the repository's path instead
- * of its object database
+ * The 'path' argument must point to an existing git repository
+ * folder, e.g.
  *
- * @param odb an existing object database to back the repo
+ *		/path/to/my_repo/.git/	(normal repository)
+ *							objects/
+ *							index
+ *							HEAD
+ *
+ *		/path/to/bare_repo/		(bare repository)
+ *						objects/
+ *						index
+ *						HEAD
+ *
+ *	The method will automatically detect if 'path' is a normal
+ *	or bare repository or fail is 'path' is neither.
+ *
+ * @param path the path to the repository
  * @return the new repository handle; NULL on error
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(git_repository *) git_repository_alloc(git_odb *odb);
+GIT_EXTERN(git_repository *) git_repository_open(const char *path);
 
 
 /**
@@ -58,6 +72,15 @@ GIT_EXTERN(git_object *) git_repository_lookup(git_repository *repo, const git_o
 GIT_EXTERN(git_odb *) git_repository_database(git_repository *repo);
 
 /**
+ * Get the Index file of a Git repository
+ *
+ * @param repo a repository object
+ * @return a pointer to the Index object; 
+ *	NULL if the index cannot be opened
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(git_index *) git_repository_index(git_repository *rpeo);
+
+/**
  * Create a new in-memory repository object with
  * the given type.
  *
diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index 991f1b1..9996c50 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int read_tree(git_index *index, const char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
 static git_index_tree *read_tree_internal(const char **, const char *, git_index_tree *);
 
 
-git_index *git_index_alloc(const char *index_path)
+git_index *git_index_alloc(const char *index_path, const char *work_dir)
 {
 	git_index *index;
 
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ git_index *git_index_alloc(const char *index_path)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (work_dir != NULL)
+		index->working_path = git__strdup(work_dir);
+
 	/* Check if index file is stored on disk already */
 	if (gitfo_exists(index->index_file_path) == 0)
 		index->on_disk = 1;
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ git_index *git_index_alloc(const char *index_path)
 void git_index_clear(git_index *index)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+
+	assert(index);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < index->entry_count; ++i)
 		free(index->entries[i].path);
 
@@ -139,6 +145,9 @@ void git_index_clear(git_index *index)
 
 void git_index_free(git_index *index)
 {
+	if (index == NULL)
+		return;
+
 	git_index_clear(index);
 	free(index->entries);
 	index->entries = NULL;
@@ -213,6 +222,11 @@ int git_index_write(git_index *index)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+git_index_entry *git_index_get(git_index *index, int n)
+{
+	return (n >= 0 && (unsigned int)n < index->entry_count) ? &index->entries[n] : NULL;
+}
+
 int git_index_add(git_index *index, const char *filename, int stage)
 {
 	git_index_entry entry;
@@ -225,7 +239,7 @@ int git_index_add(git_index *index, const char *filename, int stage)
 	if (path_length < GIT_IDXENTRY_NAMEMASK)
 		entry.flags |= path_length;
 	else
-		entry.flags |= path_length;
+		entry.flags |= GIT_IDXENTRY_NAMEMASK;;
 
 	if (stage < 0 || stage > 3)
 		return GIT_ERROR;
diff --git a/src/index.h b/src/index.h
index 44da78f..6a3c11e 100644
--- a/src/index.h
+++ b/src/index.h
@@ -12,31 +12,6 @@
 #define GIT_IDXENTRY_VALID     (0x8000)
 #define GIT_IDXENTRY_STAGESHIFT 12
 
-typedef struct {
-	uint32_t seconds;
-	uint32_t nanoseconds;
-} git_index_time;
-
-struct git_index_entry {
-	git_index_time ctime;
-	git_index_time mtime;
-
-	uint32_t dev;
-	uint32_t ino;
-	uint32_t mode;
-	uint32_t uid;
-	uint32_t gid;
-	uint32_t file_size;
-
-	git_oid oid;
-
-	uint16_t flags;
-	uint16_t flags_extended;
-
-	char *path;
-};
-
-
 struct git_index_tree {
 	char *name;
 
@@ -53,6 +28,8 @@ typedef struct git_index_tree git_index_tree;
 struct git_index {
 
 	char *index_file_path;
+	char *working_path;
+
 	time_t last_modified;
 
 	git_index_entry *entries;
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index fe7b870..433e729 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
+#include "fileops.h"
 
 static const int default_table_size = 32;
 static const double max_load_factor = 0.65;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ static const size_t object_sizes[] = {
 };
 
 
-uint32_t git_object_hash(const void *key)
+uint32_t git__objtable_hash(const void *key)
 {
 	uint32_t r;
 	git_oid *id;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ uint32_t git_object_hash(const void *key)
 	return r;
 }
 
-int git_object_haskey(void *object, const void *key)
+int git__objtable_haskey(void *object, const void *key)
 {
 	git_object *obj;
 	git_oid *oid;
@@ -64,7 +65,62 @@ int git_object_haskey(void *object, const void *key)
 	return (git_oid_cmp(oid, &obj->id) == 0);
 }
 
-git_repository *git_repository_alloc(git_odb *odb)
+static int parse_repository_folders(git_repository *repo, const char *repository_path)
+{
+	char path_aux[GIT_PATH_MAX];
+	int path_len, i;
+
+	if (gitfo_isdir(repository_path) < 0)
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+
+	path_len = strlen(repository_path);
+	strcpy(path_aux, repository_path);
+
+	if (path_aux[path_len - 1] != '/') {
+		path_aux[path_len] = '/';
+		path_aux[path_len + 1] = 0;
+
+		path_len = path_len + 1;
+	}
+
+	repo->path_repository = git__strdup(path_aux);
+
+	/* objects database */
+	strcpy(path_aux + path_len, "objects/");
+	if (gitfo_isdir(path_aux) < 0)
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+	repo->path_odb = git__strdup(path_aux);
+
+	/* index file */
+	strcpy(path_aux + path_len, "index");
+	if (gitfo_exists(path_aux) < 0)
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+	repo->path_index = git__strdup(path_aux);
+
+	/* HEAD file */
+	strcpy(path_aux + path_len, "HEAD");
+	if (gitfo_exists(path_aux) < 0)
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+
+	i = path_len - 2;
+	while (path_aux[i] != '/')
+		i--;
+
+	if (strcmp(path_aux, "/.git/") == 0) {
+		repo->is_bare = 0;
+
+		path_aux[i + 1] = 0;
+		repo->path_workdir = git__strdup(path_aux);
+
+	} else {
+		repo->is_bare = 1;
+		repo->path_workdir = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return GIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+git_repository *git_repository__alloc()
 {
 	git_repository *repo = git__malloc(sizeof(git_repository));
 	if (!repo)
@@ -74,15 +130,30 @@ git_repository *git_repository_alloc(git_odb *odb)
 
 	repo->objects = git_hashtable_alloc(
 			default_table_size, 
-			git_object_hash,
-			git_object_haskey);
+			git__objtable_hash,
+			git__objtable_haskey);
 
 	if (repo->objects == NULL) {
 		free(repo);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	repo->db = odb; /* TODO: create ODB manually! */
+	return repo;
+}
+
+git_repository *git_repository_open(const char *path)
+{
+	git_repository *repo;
+
+	repo = git_repository__alloc();
+	if (repo == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (parse_repository_folders(repo, path) < 0 ||
+		git_odb_open(&repo->db, repo->path_odb) < 0) {
+		git_repository_free(repo);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	return repo;
 }
@@ -92,6 +163,11 @@ void git_repository_free(git_repository *repo)
 	git_hashtable_iterator it;
 	git_object *object;
 
+	free(repo->path_workdir);
+	free(repo->path_index);
+	free(repo->path_repository);
+	free(repo->path_odb);
+
 	git_hashtable_iterator_init(repo->objects, &it);
 
 	while ((object = (git_object *)
@@ -99,10 +175,21 @@ void git_repository_free(git_repository *repo)
 		git_object_free(object);
 
 	git_hashtable_free(repo->objects);
-	/* TODO: free odb */
+	git_odb_close(repo->db);
+	git_index_free(repo->index);
 	free(repo);
 }
 
+git_index *git_repository_index(git_repository *repo)
+{
+	if (repo->index == NULL) {
+		repo->index = git_index_alloc(repo->path_index, repo->path_workdir);
+		assert(repo->index && repo->index->on_disk);
+	}
+
+	return repo->index;
+}
+
 static int source_resize(git_odb_source *src)
 {
 	size_t write_offset, new_size;
diff --git a/src/repository.h b/src/repository.h
index 0ccfc5e..ca76d45 100644
--- a/src/repository.h
+++ b/src/repository.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "git/repository.h"
 
 #include "hashtable.h"
+#include "index.h"
 
 typedef struct {
 	git_rawobj raw;
@@ -24,7 +25,15 @@ struct git_object {
 
 struct git_repository {
 	git_odb *db;
+	git_index *index;
 	git_hashtable *objects;
+
+	char *path_repository;
+	char *path_index;
+	char *path_odb;
+	char *path_workdir;
+
+	unsigned is_bare:1;
 };
 
 
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diff --git a/tests/t0204-readpack.c b/tests/t0204-readpack.c
index 8310ea3..4469454 100644
--- a/tests/t0204-readpack.c
+++ b/tests/t0204-readpack.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include "test_helpers.h"
 #include <git/odb.h>
 
-#define ODB_FOLDER "../resources/pack-odb"
-
 static const char *packed_objects[] = {
 	"0266163a49e280c4f5ed1e08facd36a2bd716bcf",
 	"53fc32d17276939fc79ed05badaef2db09990016",
diff --git a/tests/t0205-readheader.c b/tests/t0205-readheader.c
index f1fc0e7..626c5a5 100644
--- a/tests/t0205-readheader.c
+++ b/tests/t0205-readheader.c
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 #include "test_helpers.h"
 #include <git/odb.h>
 
-#define PACK_ODB_FOLDER "../resources/pack-odb"
-#define LOOSE_ODB_FOLDER "../resources/sample-odb"
-
 static const char *packed_objects[] = {
 	"0266163a49e280c4f5ed1e08facd36a2bd716bcf",
 	"53fc32d17276939fc79ed05badaef2db09990016",
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(readheader_packed_test)
 	unsigned int i;
     git_odb *db;
 
-    must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, PACK_ODB_FOLDER));
+    must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, ODB_FOLDER));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(packed_objects); ++i) {
 		git_oid id;
@@ -186,7 +183,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(readheader_loose_test)
 	unsigned int i;
     git_odb *db;
 
-    must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, LOOSE_ODB_FOLDER));
+    must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, ODB_FOLDER));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(loose_objects); ++i) {
 		git_oid id;
diff --git a/tests/t0401-parse.c b/tests/t0401-parse.c
index 06427a1..1a2806b 100644
--- a/tests/t0401-parse.c
+++ b/tests/t0401-parse.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/pack-odb";
-
 static char *test_commits_broken[] = {
 
 /* empty commit */
@@ -225,11 +223,8 @@ BEGIN_TEST(parse_buffer_test)
 
 	int i;
 	git_repository *repo;
-	git_odb *db;
-
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
 
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < broken_commit_count; ++i) {
@@ -265,6 +260,4 @@ BEGIN_TEST(parse_buffer_test)
 	}
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
-
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0402-details.c b/tests/t0402-details.c
index 1e00294..d60b648 100644
--- a/tests/t0402-details.c
+++ b/tests/t0402-details.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/sample-odb";
 static const char *commit_ids[] = {
 	"a4a7dce85cf63874e984719f4fdd239f5145052f", /* 0 */
 	"9fd738e8f7967c078dceed8190330fc8648ee56a", /* 1 */
@@ -21,14 +20,10 @@ BEGIN_TEST(query_details_test)
 	const size_t commit_count = sizeof(commit_ids) / sizeof(const char *);
 
 	unsigned int i;
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_repository *repo;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
-
 	
 	for (i = 0; i < commit_count; ++i) {
 		git_oid id;
@@ -59,5 +54,4 @@ BEGIN_TEST(query_details_test)
 	}
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0403-write.c b/tests/t0403-write.c
index d4669e0..60133c4 100644
--- a/tests/t0403-write.c
+++ b/tests/t0403-write.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/sample-odb";
 static const char *commit_ids[] = {
 	"a4a7dce85cf63874e984719f4fdd239f5145052f", /* 0 */
 	"9fd738e8f7967c078dceed8190330fc8648ee56a", /* 1 */
@@ -21,16 +20,13 @@ static const char *tree_oid = "1810dff58d8a660512d4832e740f692884338ccd";
 #define COMMITTER_EMAIL "vicent@github.com"
 
 BEGIN_TEST(writenew_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_commit *commit, *parent;
 	git_tree *tree;
 	git_oid id;
 	/* char hex_oid[41]; */
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	/* Create commit in memory */
@@ -71,27 +67,22 @@ This is a commit created in memory and it will be written back to disk\n");
 	printf("Written new commit, SHA1: %s\n", hex_oid);
 */
 
-	must_pass(remove_loose_object(odb_dir, (git_object *)commit));
+	must_pass(remove_loose_object(REPOSITORY_FOLDER, (git_object *)commit));
 
 	//git_person_free(&author);
 	//git_person_free(&committer);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
-
 END_TEST
 
 BEGIN_TEST(writeback_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_commit *commit, *parent;
 	const char *message;
 	/* char hex_oid[41]; */
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id, commit_ids[0]);
@@ -123,8 +114,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(writeback_test)
 	printf("New SHA1: %s\n", hex_oid);
 */
 
-	must_pass(remove_loose_object(odb_dir, (git_object *)commit));
+	must_pass(remove_loose_object(REPOSITORY_FOLDER, (git_object *)commit));
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0501-walk.c b/tests/t0501-walk.c
index 9aa7261..55ae936 100644
--- a/tests/t0501-walk.c
+++ b/tests/t0501-walk.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/sample-odb";
 /*
 	$ git log --oneline --graph --decorate
 	*   a4a7dce (HEAD, br2) Merge branch 'master' into br2
@@ -91,15 +90,12 @@ static int test_walk(git_revwalk *walk, git_commit *start_from,
 }
 
 BEGIN_TEST(simple_walk_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_revwalk *walk;
 	git_commit *head = NULL;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	walk = git_revwalk_alloc(repo);
@@ -130,5 +126,4 @@ BEGIN_TEST(simple_walk_test)
 
 	git_revwalk_free(walk);
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0601-read.c b/tests/t0601-read.c
index 4c31be9..345e5b5 100644
--- a/tests/t0601-read.c
+++ b/tests/t0601-read.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <git/odb.h>
 #include <git/index.h>
 
-#define TEST_INDEX_PATH "../resources/index"
+#define TEST_INDEX_PATH "../resources/testrepo.git/index"
 #define TEST_INDEX2_PATH "../resources/gitgit.index"
 
 #define TEST_INDEX_ENTRY_COUNT 109
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct test_entry TEST_ENTRIES[] = {
 BEGIN_TEST(index_loadempty_test)
 	git_index *index;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc("in-memory-index");
+	index = git_index_alloc("in-memory-index", NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_be_true(index->on_disk == 0);
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(index_load_test)
 	git_index *index;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH);
+	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH, NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_be_true(index->on_disk);
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ END_TEST
 BEGIN_TEST(index2_load_test)
 	git_index *index;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX2_PATH);
+	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX2_PATH, NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_be_true(index->on_disk);
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(index_find_test)
 	git_index *index;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH);
+	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH, NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_pass(git_index_read(index));
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(index_findempty_test)
 	git_index *index;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc("fake-index");
+	index = git_index_alloc("fake-index", NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(TEST_ENTRIES); ++i) {
diff --git a/tests/t0602-write.c b/tests/t0602-write.c
index c5e5c7d..d232193 100644
--- a/tests/t0602-write.c
+++ b/tests/t0602-write.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <git/odb.h>
 #include <git/index.h>
 
-#define TEST_INDEX_PATH "../resources/index"
+#define TEST_INDEX_PATH "../resources/testrepo.git/index"
 
 int filecmp(const char *filename1, const char *filename2)
 {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(index_load_test)
 	git_index *index;
 	git_filelock out_file;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH);
+	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH, NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_pass(git_index_read(index));
 	must_be_true(index->on_disk);
diff --git a/tests/t0603-sort.c b/tests/t0603-sort.c
index 2829237..dfbb6e1 100644
--- a/tests/t0603-sort.c
+++ b/tests/t0603-sort.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(index_sort_test)
 	git_index *index;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH);
+	index = git_index_alloc(TEST_INDEX_PATH, NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 	must_pass(git_index_read(index));
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ END_TEST
 
 BEGIN_TEST(index_sort_empty_test)
 	git_index *index;
-	index = git_index_alloc("fake-index");
+	index = git_index_alloc("fake-index", NULL);
 	must_be_true(index != NULL);
 
 	git_index__sort(index);
diff --git a/tests/t0801-readtag.c b/tests/t0801-readtag.c
index 9e675e8..798fa8f 100644
--- a/tests/t0801-readtag.c
+++ b/tests/t0801-readtag.c
@@ -6,21 +6,17 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/tag.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/pack-odb";
 static const char *tag1_id = "b25fa35b38051e4ae45d4222e795f9df2e43f1d1";
 static const char *tag2_id = "7b4384978d2493e851f9cca7858815fac9b10980";
 static const char *tagged_commit = "e90810b8df3e80c413d903f631643c716887138d";
 
 BEGIN_TEST(readtag)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tag *tag1, *tag2;
 	git_commit *commit;
 	git_oid id1, id2, id_commit;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id1, tag1_id);
@@ -44,5 +40,4 @@ BEGIN_TEST(readtag)
 	must_be_true(git_oid_cmp(&id_commit, git_commit_id(commit)) == 0);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0802-write.c b/tests/t0802-write.c
index 4fc2621..20c1eab 100644
--- a/tests/t0802-write.c
+++ b/tests/t0802-write.c
@@ -6,19 +6,15 @@
 #include <git/tag.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/pack-odb";
 static const char *tag_id = "b25fa35b38051e4ae45d4222e795f9df2e43f1d1";
 
 BEGIN_TEST(tag_writeback_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tag *tag;
 	/* char hex_oid[41]; */
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id, tag_id);
@@ -36,8 +32,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tag_writeback_test)
 	printf("TAG New SHA1: %s\n", hex_oid);
 */
 
-	must_pass(remove_loose_object(odb_dir, (git_object *)tag));
+	must_pass(remove_loose_object(REPOSITORY_FOLDER, (git_object *)tag));
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0901-readtree.c b/tests/t0901-readtree.c
index eba6ecf..e3a85c5 100644
--- a/tests/t0901-readtree.c
+++ b/tests/t0901-readtree.c
@@ -6,18 +6,14 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/sample-odb";
 static const char *tree_oid = "1810dff58d8a660512d4832e740f692884338ccd";
 
 BEGIN_TEST(tree_entry_access_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tree *tree;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id, tree_oid);
@@ -34,19 +30,15 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tree_entry_access_test)
 	must_be_true(git_tree_entry_byindex(tree, -1) == NULL);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
 
 BEGIN_TEST(tree_read_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tree *tree;
 	git_tree_entry *entry;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id, tree_oid);
@@ -61,9 +53,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tree_read_test)
 
 	must_be_true(strcmp(git_tree_entry_name(entry), "README") == 0);
 
-
 	must_be_true(git_tree_entry_2object(entry) != NULL);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/t0902-modify.c b/tests/t0902-modify.c
index 67ae1fa..23fc03c 100644
--- a/tests/t0902-modify.c
+++ b/tests/t0902-modify.c
@@ -6,22 +6,17 @@
 #include <git/commit.h>
 #include <git/revwalk.h>
 
-static const char *odb_dir = "../resources/sample-odb";
 static const char *tree_oid = "1810dff58d8a660512d4832e740f692884338ccd";
 
 BEGIN_TEST(tree_in_memory_add_test)
 	const unsigned int entry_count = 128;
 
-
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tree *tree;
 	unsigned int i;
 	git_oid entry_id;
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	tree = git_tree_new(repo);
@@ -36,16 +31,14 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tree_in_memory_add_test)
 
 	must_be_true(git_tree_entrycount(tree) == entry_count);
 	must_pass(git_object_write((git_object *)tree));
-	must_pass(remove_loose_object(odb_dir, (git_object *)tree));
+	must_pass(remove_loose_object(REPOSITORY_FOLDER, (git_object *)tree));
 
 	git_object_free((git_object *)tree);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
 
 BEGIN_TEST(tree_add_entry_test)
-	git_odb *db;
 	git_oid id;
 	git_repository *repo;
 	git_tree *tree;
@@ -53,9 +46,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tree_add_entry_test)
 	unsigned int i;
 	/* char hex_oid[41]; */
 
-	must_pass(git_odb_open(&db, odb_dir));
-
-	repo = git_repository_alloc(db);
+	repo = git_repository_open(REPOSITORY_FOLDER);
 	must_be_true(repo != NULL);
 
 	git_oid_mkstr(&id, tree_oid);
@@ -92,10 +83,7 @@ BEGIN_TEST(tree_add_entry_test)
 	printf("TREE New SHA1: %s\n", hex_oid);
 */
 
-	must_pass(remove_loose_object(odb_dir, (git_object *)tree));
-	
+	must_pass(remove_loose_object(REPOSITORY_FOLDER, (git_object *)tree));
 	git_object_free((git_object *)tree);
-
 	git_repository_free(repo);
-	git_odb_close(db);
 END_TEST
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.c b/tests/test_helpers.c
index 08434b8..8619223 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.c
@@ -84,18 +84,23 @@ int remove_object_files(const char *odb_dir, object_data *d)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int remove_loose_object(const char *odb_dir, git_object *object)
+int remove_loose_object(const char *repository_folder, git_object *object)
 {
+	static const char *objects_folder = "objects/";
+
 	char *ptr, *full_path, *top_folder;
-	int path_length;
+	int path_length, objects_length;
+
+	assert(repository_folder && object);
 
-	assert(odb_dir && object);
+	objects_length = strlen(objects_folder);
+	path_length = strlen(repository_folder);
+	ptr = full_path = git__malloc(path_length + objects_length + GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 3);
 
-	path_length = strlen(odb_dir);
-	ptr = full_path = git__malloc(path_length + GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 3);
+	strcpy(ptr, repository_folder);
+	strcpy(ptr + path_length, objects_folder);
 
-	strcpy(ptr, odb_dir);
-	ptr = top_folder = ptr + path_length;
+	ptr = top_folder = ptr + path_length + objects_length;
 	*ptr++ = '/';
 	git_oid_pathfmt(ptr, git_object_id(object));
 	ptr += GIT_OID_HEXSZ + 1;
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.h b/tests/test_helpers.h
index 0d79d43..7085c64 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.h
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "test_lib.h"
 #include <git/odb.h>
 
+#define ODB_FOLDER "../resources/testrepo.git/objects/"
+#define REPOSITORY_FOLDER "../resources/testrepo.git/"
 
 typedef struct object_data {
     unsigned char *bytes;  /* (compressed) bytes stored in object store */