diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 164623bb6f..a9f12cc5cf 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include "argv-array.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
+#define TRANSPORT_SUMMARY(x) \
+	(int)(TRANSPORT_SUMMARY_WIDTH + strlen(x) - gettext_width(x)), (x)
+
 static const char * const builtin_fetch_usage[] = {
 	N_("git fetch [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]"),
 	N_("git fetch [<options>] <group>"),
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f346c01708..5a651b8435 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1183,6 +1183,9 @@ static inline int hex2chr(const char *s)
 #define MINIMUM_ABBREV minimum_abbrev
 #define DEFAULT_ABBREV default_abbrev
 
+/* used when the code does not know or care what the default abbrev is */
+#define FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV 7
+
 struct object_context {
 	unsigned char tree[20];
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index cd5aa57179..44fb107b8a 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int trust_executable_bit = 1;
 int trust_ctime = 1;
 int check_stat = 1;
 int has_symlinks = 1;
-int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = 7;
+int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV;
 int ignore_case;
 int assume_unchanged;
 int prefer_symlink_refs;
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index 6fe3485325..e783377e40 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ struct transport {
 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_ATOMIC 8192
 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_OPTIONS 16384
 
-#define TRANSPORT_SUMMARY_WIDTH (2 * DEFAULT_ABBREV + 3)
-#define TRANSPORT_SUMMARY(x) (int)(TRANSPORT_SUMMARY_WIDTH + strlen(x) - gettext_width(x)), (x)
+#define TRANSPORT_SUMMARY_WIDTH (2 * FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV + 3)
 
 /* Returns a transport suitable for the url */
 struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *, const char *);