1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 658569af08..accb47e2d1 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1490,11 +1490,6 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "core.bigfilethreshold")) {
-		big_file_threshold = git_config_ulong(var, value, ctx->kvi);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.autocrlf")) {
 		if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "input")) {
 			auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_INPUT;
@@ -2521,6 +2516,10 @@ void repo_config_clear(struct repository *repo)
 
 void repo_config(struct repository *repo, config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 {
+	if (!repo) {
+		read_very_early_config(fn, data);
+		return;
+	}
 	git_config_check_init(repo);
 	configset_iter(repo->config, fn, data);
 }