path: root/Documentation/config/extensions.txt

extensions.objectFormat::
	Specify the hash algorithm to use.  The acceptable values are `sha1` and
	`sha256`.  If not specified, `sha1` is assumed.  It is an error to specify
	this key unless `core.repositoryFormatVersion` is 1.
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Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or
linkgit:git-clone[1].  Trying to change it after initialization will not
work and will produce hard-to-diagnose issues.