| 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. | |
| + | |
| 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. |