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diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index d05552f0ae..ab4fd682ab 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
#define TEST_FILEMODE 1
#endif
+#define GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_DEFAULT_HASH"
+
static int init_is_bare_repository = 0;
static int init_shared_repository = -1;
static const char *init_db_template_dir;
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ static void separate_git_dir(const char *git_dir, const char *git_link)
static void validate_hash_algorithm(struct repository_format *repo_fmt, int hash)
{
+ const char *env = getenv(GIT_DEFAULT_HASH_ENVIRONMENT);
/*
* If we already have an initialized repo, don't allow the user to
* specify a different algorithm, as that could cause corruption.
@@ -365,6 +368,12 @@ static void validate_hash_algorithm(struct repository_format *repo_fmt, int hash
die(_("attempt to reinitialize repository with different hash"));
else if (hash != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN)
repo_fmt->hash_algo = hash;
+ else if (env) {
+ int env_algo = hash_algo_by_name(env);
+ if (env_algo == GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN)
+ die(_("unknown hash algorithm '%s'"), env);
+ repo_fmt->hash_algo = env_algo;
+ }
}
int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,