From 2ea4c766ad65cf51656d1f53d6e1ed7396932ae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Kuczys <me@jacken.men>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 00:17:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add basic backcompat for people using Downloader internals
 (#6713)

---
 redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py   | 11 +++++++++++
 redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py

diff --git a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
index c46d0fbef..451177dbf 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ class Downloader(commands.Cog):
         """Nothing to delete"""
         return
 
+    # This is a compatibility shim for people using Downloader internal pre-3.5.25.
+    # It will probably get removed in Red 3.6.
+    @property
+    def _repo_manager(self):
+        return _downloader._repo_manager
+
+    # This is a compatibility shim for people using Downloader internal pre-3.5.25.
+    # It will probably get removed in Red 3.6.
+    async def installed_cogs(self) -> Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]:
+        return await _downloader.installed_cogs()
+
     @staticmethod
     async def send_pagified(target: discord.abc.Messageable, content: str) -> None:
         for page in pagify(content):
diff --git a/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py b/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c868560bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This is a compatibility shim for people using Downloader internal pre-3.5.25.
+# It will probably get removed in Red 3.6.
+
+# import everything from repo_manager module
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import *
+
+# use Repo subclass with `convert()` method instead of Repo from repo_manager module
+from .converters import Repo