diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index c663113e8a6dcc..2b44778b5029bf 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static int zlib_compression_seen;
 
 int trust_executable_bit = 1;
 int has_symlinks = 1;
-int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = -1;
 int assume_unchanged;
 char *git_commit_encoding;
 char *git_log_output_encoding;
@@ -148,6 +147,26 @@ int repo_ignore_case(struct repository *repo)
 		0;
 }
 
+int repo_minimum_abbrev(struct repository *repo)
+{
+	if (repo != the_repository)
+		repo = the_repository;
+
+	return repo->initialized
+		? repo_config_values(repo)->minimum_abbrev
+		: 4;
+}
+
+int repo_default_abbrev(struct repository *repo)
+{
+	if (repo != the_repository)
+		repo = the_repository;
+
+	return repo->initialized
+		? repo_config_values(repo)->default_abbrev
+		: -1;
+}
+
 int have_git_dir(void)
 {
 	return startup_info->have_repository
@@ -364,14 +383,14 @@ int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		if (!value)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
-			default_abbrev = -1;
+			cfg->default_abbrev = -1;
 		else if (!git_parse_maybe_bool_text(value))
-			default_abbrev = GIT_MAX_HEXSZ;
+			cfg->default_abbrev = GIT_MAX_HEXSZ;
 		else {
 			int abbrev = git_config_int(var, value, ctx->kvi);
-			if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev)
+			if (abbrev < cfg->minimum_abbrev)
 				return error(_("abbrev length out of range: %d"), abbrev);
-			default_abbrev = abbrev;
+			cfg->default_abbrev = abbrev;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -738,6 +757,8 @@ void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg)
 	cfg->check_stat = 1;
 	cfg->zlib_compression_level = Z_BEST_SPEED;
 	cfg->pack_compression_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
+	cfg->minimum_abbrev = 4;
+	cfg->default_abbrev = -1;
 	cfg->precomposed_unicode = -1; /* see probe_utf8_pathname_composition() */
 	cfg->core_sparse_checkout_cone = 0;
 	cfg->sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns = 0;
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index acfb670be107a0..c5905d8b01cc44 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ struct repo_config_values {
 	int check_stat;
 	int zlib_compression_level;
 	int pack_compression_level;
+	int minimum_abbrev;
+	int default_abbrev;
 	int precomposed_unicode;
 	int core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 	int warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ int repo_protect_ntfs(struct repository *repo);
  */
 int repo_ignore_case(struct repository *repo);
 
+int repo_minimum_abbrev(struct repository *repo);
+int repo_default_abbrev(struct repository *repo);
+
 void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg);
 
 int is_bare_repository(struct repository *repo);
@@ -180,7 +185,6 @@ int have_git_dir(void);
 /* Environment bits from configuration mechanism */
 extern int trust_executable_bit;
 extern int has_symlinks;
-extern int minimum_abbrev, default_abbrev;
 extern int assume_unchanged;
 extern char *apply_default_whitespace;
 extern char *apply_default_ignorewhitespace;
diff --git a/merge-ort.c b/merge-ort.c
index c410a5d353234c..b94ebcc2de5d68 100644
--- a/merge-ort.c
+++ b/merge-ort.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void format_commit(struct strbuf *sb,
 {
 	struct merge_remote_desc *desc;
 	struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
-	ctx.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+	ctx.abbrev = repo_default_abbrev(repo);
 
 	strbuf_addchars(sb, ' ', indent);
 	desc = merge_remote_util(commit);
@@ -2035,7 +2035,8 @@ static int merge_submodule(struct merge_options *opt,
 		util->flag = sub_flag;
 		util->abbrev = NULL;
 		if (!sub_not_initialized) {
-			abbrev = repo_find_unique_abbrev(&subrepo, b, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+			abbrev = repo_find_unique_abbrev(&subrepo, b,
+							repo_default_abbrev(opt->repo));
 			util->abbrev = xstrdup(abbrev);
 		}
 		string_list_append(csub, path)->util = util;
@@ -5348,7 +5349,7 @@ static void merge_ort_internal(struct merge_options *opt,
 	} else {
 		strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(&merge_base_abbrev,
 					 &merged_merge_bases->object.oid,
-					 DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+					 repo_default_abbrev(opt->repo));
 		ancestor_name = merge_base_abbrev.buf;
 	}
 
diff --git a/object-name.h b/object-name.h
index 167a9154ea2d67..a6d7206ed83304 100644
--- a/object-name.h
+++ b/object-name.h
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ struct object *repo_peel_to_type(struct repository *r,
 				 struct object *o, enum object_type);
 
 /* Convert to/from hex/sha1 representation */
-#define MINIMUM_ABBREV minimum_abbrev
-#define DEFAULT_ABBREV default_abbrev
+#define MINIMUM_ABBREV repo_minimum_abbrev(the_repository)
+#define DEFAULT_ABBREV repo_default_abbrev(the_repository)
 
 /* used when the code does not know or care what the default abbrev is */
 #define FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV 7
diff --git a/replay.c b/replay.c
index 463c900d6c7c56..cd41c7f5076c40 100644
--- a/replay.c
+++ b/replay.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const char *short_commit_name(struct repository *repo,
 				     struct commit *commit)
 {
 	return repo_find_unique_abbrev(repo, &commit->object.oid,
-				       DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+				       repo_default_abbrev(repo));
 }
 
 static struct commit *peel_committish(struct repository *repo,
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 1355a99a092268..2426c5e422299b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -5813,7 +5813,7 @@ static const char *label_oid(struct object_id *oid, const char *label,
 		label = p = state->buf.buf;
 
 		repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(the_repository, p, oid,
-					  default_abbrev);
+					  repo_default_abbrev(the_repository));
 
 		/*
 		 * We may need to extend the abbreviated hash so that there is
@@ -5875,7 +5875,8 @@ static const char *label_oid(struct object_id *oid, const char *label,
 				strbuf_addch(buf, '-');
 		if (!buf->len) {
 			strbuf_addstr(buf, "rev-");
-			strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(buf, oid, default_abbrev);
+			strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(buf, oid,
+						 repo_default_abbrev(the_repository));
 		}
 		label = buf->buf;