How to use the Include and AsNoTracking methods using the Repository pattern?

Question

ASP.NET

My current repository looks something like this:

class UserRepository : IRepository<User>  // User - сущность entity
{
  // контекст подключения к базе данных. Инициализируется в конструкторе
  private readonly EntityContext _ctx;

  public IQueryable<User> GetAll(){
    return _ctx.User;
  }
  // ещё методы Save (INSERT), Update, Delete,
  // но сейчас разбираем только выборку
  // ...
}

So, the GetAll() method returns IQueryable and not DbSet , which means that it will not be possible to call the wonderful Include, AsNoTracking , etc. methods.
To declare the return type of DbSet in the GetAll() method (in the IRepository interface ) means to bind to the Entity framework, which I (for some reason) do not want. Maybe you need to?
What do they do in this situation?
(IMHO, adding these methods to every repository is an even worse thing)

Answer 1

I recently started learning about the structure of nopcommerce . There it is implemented as follows :

/// <summary>
        /// Gets a table
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IQueryable<T> Table
        {
            get
            {
                return this.Entities;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a table with "no tracking" enabled (EF feature) Use it only when you load record(s) only for read-only operations
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IQueryable<T> TableNoTracking
        {
            get
            {
                return this.Entities.AsNoTracking();
            }
        }