git-commit-vandalism/Documentation/config/extensions.txt
brian m. carlson 4feb562fc9 docs: add documentation for extensions.objectFormat
Document the extensions.objectFormat config setting.  Warn users not to
modify it themselves.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00

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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.