pass resolving baserepo into newcmdview

command/root.go

@@ -106,8 +106,37 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(gistCmd)
 	gistCmd.AddCommand(gistCreateCmd.NewCmdCreate(cmdFactory, nil))
 
+	resolvedBaseRepo := func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {
+		httpClient, err := cmdFactory.HttpClient()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
+
+		ctx := context.New()
+		remotes, err := ctx.Remotes()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		repoContext, err := context.ResolveRemotesToRepos(remotes, apiClient, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		baseRepo, err := repoContext.BaseRepo()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return baseRepo, nil
+	}
+
+	repoResolvingCmdFactory := *cmdFactory
+
+	repoResolvingCmdFactory.BaseRepo = resolvedBaseRepo
+
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(repoCmd)
-	repoCmd.AddCommand(repoViewCmd.NewCmdView(cmdFactory, nil))
+	repoCmd.AddCommand(repoViewCmd.NewCmdView(&repoResolvingCmdFactory, nil))
 }
 
 // RootCmd is the entry point of command-line execution

pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/api"
-	"github.com/cli/cli/context"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
@@ -30,30 +29,7 @@ func NewCmdView(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ViewOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	opts := ViewOptions{
 		IO:         f.IOStreams,
 		HttpClient: f.HttpClient,
-		BaseRepo: func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {
-			httpClient, err := f.HttpClient()
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
-
-			ctx := context.New()
-			remotes, err := ctx.Remotes()
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			repoContext, err := context.ResolveRemotesToRepos(remotes, apiClient, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			baseRepo, err := repoContext.BaseRepo()
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			return baseRepo, nil
-		},
+		BaseRepo:   f.BaseRepo,
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{