On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 at 04:50, brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..70d69cf9ab > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > +extensions.objectFormat:: > + Specify the hash algorithm to use. The acceptable values are `sha1` > + and (if supported) `sha256`. If not specified, `sha1` is assumed. > ++ > +Note that this setting should only by 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. s/by set/be set/ Martin