zRepo = db_lget("repository", 0);
    if( zRepo && !file_is_absolute_path(zRepo) ){
      zRepo = mprintf("%s%s", g.zLocalRoot, zRepo);
    }
  }
  return zRepo;
}

/*
** Returns non-zero if the default value for the "allow-symlinks" setting
** is "on".
*/
int db_allow_symlinks_by_default(void){
#if defined(_WIN32)
  return 0;
#else
  return 1;
#endif
}

/*
** Open the repository database given by zDbName.  If zDbName==NULL then
** get the name from the already open local database.
*/
void db_open_repository(const char *zDbName){
  if( g.repositoryOpen ) return;

      fossil_panic("not a valid repository: %s", zDbName);
    }
  }
  g.zRepositoryName = mprintf("%s", zDbName);
  db_open_or_attach(g.zRepositoryName, "repository", 0);
  g.repositoryOpen = 1;
  /* Cache "allow-symlinks" option, because we'll need it on every stat call */
  g.allowSymlinks = db_get_boolean("allow-symlinks",
                                   db_allow_symlinks_by_default());
  g.zAuxSchema = db_get("aux-schema","");

  /* Verify that the PLINK table has a new column added by the
  ** 2014-11-28 schema change.  Create it if necessary.  This code
  ** can be removed in the future, once all users have upgraded to the
  ** 2014-11-28 or later schema.
  */

  }
}
int db_get_boolean(const char *zName, int dflt){
  char *zVal = db_get(zName, dflt ? "on" : "off");
  if( is_truth(zVal) ) return 1;
  if( is_false(zVal) ) return 0;
  return dflt;
}
int db_get_versioned_boolean(const char *zName, int dflt){
  char *zVal = db_get_versioned(zName, 0);
  if( zVal==0 ) return dflt;
  if( is_truth(zVal) ) return 1;
  if( is_false(zVal) ) return 0;
  return dflt;
}
char *db_lget(const char *zName, const char *zDefault){
  return db_text(zDefault,
                 "SELECT value FROM vvar WHERE name=%Q", zName);
}
void db_lset(const char *zName, const char *zValue){
  db_multi_exec("REPLACE INTO vvar(name,value) VALUES(%Q,%Q)", zName, zValue);

** See also: close
*/
void cmd_open(void){
  int emptyFlag;
  int keepFlag;
  int forceMissingFlag;
  int allowNested;
  int allowSymlinks;
  static char *azNewArgv[] = { 0, "checkout", "--prompt", 0, 0, 0, 0 };

  url_proxy_options();
  emptyFlag = find_option("empty",0,0)!=0;
  keepFlag = find_option("keep",0,0)!=0;
  forceMissingFlag = find_option("force-missing",0,0)!=0;
  allowNested = find_option("nested",0,0)!=0;

  if( !emptyFlag ){
    if( g.argc==4 ){
      g.zOpenRevision = g.argv[3];
    }else if( db_exists("SELECT 1 FROM event WHERE type='ci'") ){
      g.zOpenRevision = db_get("main-branch", "trunk");
    }
  }

  if( g.zOpenRevision ){
    /* Since the repository is open and we know the revision now,
    ** refresh the allow-symlinks flag.  Since neither the local
    ** checkout nor the configuration database are open at this
    ** point, this should always return the versioned setting,
    ** if any, or the default value, which is negative one.  The
    ** value negative one, in this context, means that the code
    ** below should fallback to using the setting value from the
    ** repository or global configuration databases only. */
    allowSymlinks = db_get_versioned_boolean("allow-symlinks", -1);
  }else{
    allowSymlinks = -1; /* Use non-versioned settings only. */
  }

#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
# define LOCALDB_NAME "./_FOSSIL_"
#else
# define LOCALDB_NAME "./.fslckout"
#endif
  db_init_database(LOCALDB_NAME, zLocalSchema,
#ifdef FOSSIL_LOCAL_WAL
                   "COMMIT; PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL; BEGIN;",
#endif
                   (char*)0);
  db_delete_on_failure(LOCALDB_NAME);
  db_open_local(0);
  if( allowSymlinks>=0 ){
    /* Use the value from the versioned setting, which was read
    ** prior to opening the local checkout (i.e. which is most
    ** likely empty and does not actually contain any versioned
    ** setting files yet).  Normally, this value would be given
    ** first priority within db_get_boolean(); however, this is
    ** a special case because we know the on-disk files may not
    ** exist yet. */
    g.allowSymlinks = allowSymlinks;
  }else{
    /* Since the local checkout may not have any files at this
    ** point, this will probably be the setting value from the
    ** repository or global configuration databases. */
    g.allowSymlinks = db_get_boolean("allow-symlinks",
                                     db_allow_symlinks_by_default());
  }
  db_lset("repository", g.argv[2]);
  db_record_repository_filename(g.argv[2]);
  db_lset_int("checkout", 0);
  azNewArgv[0] = g.argv[0];
  g.argv = azNewArgv;
  if( !emptyFlag ){