1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 2bdff4457b..4cb8c14a9b 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,8 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
 			default_abbrev = -1;
+		else if (!git_parse_maybe_bool_text(value))
+			default_abbrev = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
 		else {
 			int abbrev = git_config_int(var, value);
 			if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev || abbrev > the_hash_algo->hexsz)