diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc
index f37c0be602db33..fa6e42f3bb100a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc
@@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 
  * Clean-up the code around "git repo info" command.
 
- * Mark the marge-ort codebase to prevent more uses of the_repository
+ * Mark the merge-ort codebase to prevent more uses of the_repository
    from getting added.
 
+ * The core.attributesfile is intended to be set per repository, but
+   were kept track of by a single global variable in-core, which has
+   been corrected by moving it to per-repository data structure.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.53
 -----------------
@@ -225,6 +229,11 @@ Fixes since v2.53
    corrected.
    (merge 3ef68ff40e sp/shallow-deepen-relative-fix later to maint).
 
+ * "fsck" iterates over packfiles and its access to pack data caused
+   the list to be permuted, which caused it to loop forever; the code
+   to access pack data by "fsck" has been updated to avoid this.
+   (merge 13eb65d366 ps/fsck-stream-from-the-right-object-instance later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge d79fff4a11 jk/remote-tracking-ref-leakfix later to maint).
    (merge 7a747f972d dd/t5403-modernise later to maint).
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 4999b7e09da930..75369547b306d6 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -881,10 +881,11 @@ const char *git_attr_system_file(void)
 
 const char *git_attr_global_file(void)
 {
-	if (!git_attributes_file)
-		git_attributes_file = xdg_config_home("attributes");
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+	if (!cfg->attributes_file)
+		cfg->attributes_file = xdg_config_home("attributes");
 
-	return git_attributes_file;
+	return cfg->attributes_file;
 }
 
 int git_attr_system_is_enabled(void)
diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index ec2f35fda449aa..3dc6e2a0ffe635 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ enum branch_track {
 	BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE,
 };
 
-extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
-
 /* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
 
 /**
diff --git a/builtin/backfill.c b/builtin/backfill.c
index d8cb3b0eba799d..e9a33e81be4cdb 100644
--- a/builtin/backfill.c
+++ b/builtin/backfill.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit
 			 N_("Restrict the missing objects to the current sparse-checkout")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	show_usage_with_options_if_asked(argc, argv,
 					 builtin_backfill_usage, options);
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit
 	repo_config(repo, git_default_config, NULL);
 
 	if (ctx.sparse < 0)
-		ctx.sparse = core_apply_sparse_checkout;
+		ctx.sparse = cfg->apply_sparse_checkout;
 
 	result = do_backfill(&ctx);
 	backfill_context_clear(&ctx);
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index c577b5d20f2969..a1a43380d0640b 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting;
 	struct string_list sorting_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 	int ret;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	if (!sorting_options.nr)
 		string_list_append(&sorting_options, "refname");
 
-	track = git_branch_track;
+	track = cfg->branch_track;
 
 	head = refs_resolve_refdup(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "HEAD",
 				   0, &head_oid, NULL);
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index eefefd5d0fe6d5..164a56480a6b81 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ static void die_if_switching_to_a_branch_in_use(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			   struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
 {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 	int noop_switch = (!new_branch_info->name &&
 			   !opts->new_branch &&
 			   !opts->force_detach);
@@ -1646,7 +1647,7 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
 			die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--detach", "-t");
 	} else if (opts->track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
-		opts->track = git_branch_track;
+		opts->track = cfg->branch_track;
 
 	if (new_branch_info->name && !new_branch_info->commit)
 		die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"),
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 70c8a68e6f30df..fba3c9c508bc06 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -616,13 +616,15 @@ static int git_sparse_checkout_init(const char *repo)
 {
 	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	int result = 0;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
 	strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "-C", repo, "sparse-checkout", "set", NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * We must apply the setting in the current process
 	 * for the later checkout to use the sparse-checkout file.
 	 */
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
 
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 	if (run_command(&cmd)) {
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 5b8b87b1ac4d7a..b6cecfd9b60f05 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int grep_submodule(struct grep_opt *opt,
 	 *	"forget" the sparse-index feature switch. As a result, the index
 	 *	of these submodules are expanded unexpectedly.
 	 *
-	 * 2. "core_apply_sparse_checkout"
+	 * 2. "config_values_private_.apply_sparse_checkout"
 	 *	When running `grep` in the superproject, this setting is
 	 *	populated using the superproject's configs. However, once
 	 *	initialized, this config is globally accessible and is read by
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index d43925097b420f..2215d34e31f29a 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc,
 	struct hashmap moved_dirs = HASHMAP_INIT(pathmap_cmp, NULL);
 	struct strbuf pathbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
 
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc,
 		rename_index_entry_at(the_repository->index, pos, dst);
 
 		if (ignore_sparse &&
-		    core_apply_sparse_checkout &&
+		    cfg->apply_sparse_checkout &&
 		    core_sparse_checkout_cone) {
 			/*
 			 * NEEDSWORK: we are *not* paying attention to
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 5b6cebbb856cfc..7100ffba5da17e 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static NORETURN void die_push_simple(struct branch *branch,
 	const char *advice_pushdefault_maybe = "";
 	const char *advice_automergesimple_maybe = "";
 	const char *short_upstream = branch->merge[0]->src;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	skip_prefix(short_upstream, "refs/heads/", &short_upstream);
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ static NORETURN void die_push_simple(struct branch *branch,
 		advice_pushdefault_maybe = _("\n"
 				 "To choose either option permanently, "
 				 "see push.default in 'git help config'.\n");
-	if (git_branch_track != BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE)
+	if (cfg->branch_track != BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE)
 		advice_automergesimple_maybe = _("\n"
 				 "To avoid automatically configuring "
 				 "an upstream branch when its name\n"
diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
index 34e965bfa6f6c7..f4aa405da93760 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ static int sparse_checkout_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	struct pattern_list pl;
 	char *sparse_filename;
 	int res;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("this worktree is not sparse"));
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
@@ -397,12 +398,14 @@ static int set_config(struct repository *repo,
 }
 
 static enum sparse_checkout_mode update_cone_mode(int *cone_mode) {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
 	/* If not specified, use previous definition of cone mode */
-	if (*cone_mode == -1 && core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (*cone_mode == -1 && cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		*cone_mode = core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 
 	/* Set cone/non-cone mode appropriately */
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
 	if (*cone_mode == 1 || *cone_mode == -1) {
 		core_sparse_checkout_cone = 1;
 		return MODE_CONE_PATTERNS;
@@ -414,9 +417,10 @@ static enum sparse_checkout_mode update_cone_mode(int *cone_mode) {
 static int update_modes(struct repository *repo, int *cone_mode, int *sparse_index)
 {
 	int mode, record_mode;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	/* Determine if we need to record the mode; ensure sparse checkout on */
-	record_mode = (*cone_mode != -1) || !core_apply_sparse_checkout;
+	record_mode = (*cone_mode != -1) || !cfg->apply_sparse_checkout;
 
 	mode = update_cone_mode(cone_mode);
 	if (record_mode && set_config(repo, mode))
@@ -682,6 +686,7 @@ static int modify_pattern_list(struct repository *repo,
 	int result;
 	int changed_config = 0;
 	struct pattern_list *pl = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*pl));
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	switch (m) {
 	case ADD:
@@ -697,9 +702,9 @@ static int modify_pattern_list(struct repository *repo,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout) {
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout) {
 		set_config(repo, MODE_ALL_PATTERNS);
-		core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+		cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
 		changed_config = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -794,9 +799,10 @@ static int sparse_checkout_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	};
 	struct strvec patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
 	int ret;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("no sparse-checkout to add to"));
 
 	repo_read_index(repo);
@@ -903,9 +909,10 @@ static int sparse_checkout_reapply(int argc, const char **argv,
 			 N_("toggle the use of a sparse index")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("must be in a sparse-checkout to reapply sparsity patterns"));
 
 	reapply_opts.cone_mode = -1;
@@ -958,6 +965,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_clean(int argc, const char **argv,
 	size_t worktree_len;
 	int force = 0, dry_run = 0, verbose = 0;
 	int require_force = 1;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	struct option builtin_sparse_checkout_clean_options[] = {
 		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run, N_("dry run")),
@@ -967,7 +975,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_clean(int argc, const char **argv,
 	};
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("must be in a sparse-checkout to clean directories"));
 	if (!core_sparse_checkout_cone)
 		die(_("must be in a cone-mode sparse-checkout to clean directories"));
@@ -1031,9 +1039,10 @@ static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv,
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	struct pattern_list pl;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	/*
-	 * We do not exit early if !core_apply_sparse_checkout; due to the
+	 * We do not exit early if !repo->config_values.apply_sparse_checkout; due to the
 	 * ability for users to manually muck things up between
 	 *   direct editing of .git/info/sparse-checkout
 	 *   running read-tree -m u HEAD or update-index --skip-worktree
@@ -1059,7 +1068,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv,
 	hashmap_init(&pl.recursive_hashmap, pl_hashmap_cmp, NULL, 0);
 	hashmap_init(&pl.parent_hashmap, pl_hashmap_cmp, NULL, 0);
 	pl.use_cone_patterns = 0;
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
 
 	add_pattern("/*", empty_base, 0, &pl, 0);
 
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index b621d14275c34d..143f7cb3cca7d0 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -3300,9 +3300,10 @@ static int module_create_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		N_("git submodule--helper create-branch [-f|--force] [--create-reflog] [-q|--quiet] [-t|--track] [-n|--dry-run] <name> <start-oid> <start-name>"),
 		NULL
 	};
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
-	track = git_branch_track;
+	track = cfg->branch_track;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
 
 	if (argc != 3)
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 892800f70915f1..bc2d0d645ba945 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	struct strbuf sb_name = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct worktree **worktrees, *wt = NULL;
 	struct ref_store *wt_refs;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	worktrees = get_worktrees();
 	check_candidate_path(path, opts->force, worktrees, "add");
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	 * If the current worktree has sparse-checkout enabled, then copy
 	 * the sparse-checkout patterns from the current worktree.
 	 */
-	if (core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		copy_sparse_checkout(sb_repo.buf);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b00821f294fea2..026d8516a912af 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,9 @@ enum pattern_match_result path_matches_pattern_list(
 
 int init_sparse_checkout_patterns(struct index_state *istate)
 {
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout)
 		return 1;
 	if (istate->sparse_checkout_patterns)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 2764d8f4817c2a..fc3ed8bb1c7a66 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ char *git_commit_encoding;
 char *git_log_output_encoding;
 char *apply_default_whitespace;
 char *apply_default_ignorewhitespace;
-char *git_attributes_file;
 int zlib_compression_level = Z_BEST_SPEED;
 int pack_compression_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
 int fsync_object_files = -1;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ enum auto_crlf auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_FALSE;
 enum eol core_eol = EOL_UNSET;
 int global_conv_flags_eol = CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_WARN;
 char *check_roundtrip_encoding;
-enum branch_track git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE;
 enum rebase_setup_type autorebase = AUTOREBASE_NEVER;
 enum push_default_type push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED;
 #ifndef OBJECT_CREATION_MODE
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ enum push_default_type push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED;
 #endif
 enum object_creation_mode object_creation_mode = OBJECT_CREATION_MODE;
 int grafts_keep_true_parents;
-int core_apply_sparse_checkout;
 int core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 int sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns;
 int precomposed_unicode = -1; /* see probe_utf8_pathname_composition() */
@@ -304,6 +301,8 @@ static enum fsync_component parse_fsync_components(const char *var, const char *
 int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb)
 {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
 	/* This needs a better name */
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.filemode")) {
 		trust_executable_bit = git_config_bool(var, value);
@@ -341,8 +340,8 @@ int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.attributesfile")) {
-		FREE_AND_NULL(git_attributes_file);
-		return git_config_pathname(&git_attributes_file, var, value);
+		FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->attributes_file);
+		return git_config_pathname(&cfg->attributes_file, var, value);
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.bare")) {
@@ -527,7 +526,7 @@ int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.sparsecheckout")) {
-		core_apply_sparse_checkout = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -584,18 +583,20 @@ static int git_default_i18n_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 
 static int git_default_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "branch.autosetupmerge")) {
 		if (value && !strcmp(value, "always")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS;
+			cfg->branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS;
 			return 0;
 		} else if (value && !strcmp(value, "inherit")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT;
+			cfg->branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT;
 			return 0;
 		} else if (value && !strcmp(value, "simple")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE;
+			cfg->branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE;
 			return 0;
 		}
-		git_branch_track = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		cfg->branch_track = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "branch.autosetuprebase")) {
@@ -714,3 +715,10 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.adoc. */
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg)
+{
+	cfg->attributes_file = NULL;
+	cfg->apply_sparse_checkout = 0;
+	cfg->branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE;
+}
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 540e0a7f6dd51f..123a71cdc8d14e 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define ENVIRONMENT_H
 
 #include "repo-settings.h"
+#include "branch.h"
 
 /* Double-check local_repo_env below if you add to this list. */
 #define GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_DIR"
@@ -85,6 +86,18 @@ extern const char * const local_repo_env[];
 
 struct strvec;
 
+struct repository;
+struct repo_config_values {
+	/* section "core" config values */
+	char *attributes_file;
+	int apply_sparse_checkout;
+
+	/* section "branch" config values */
+	enum branch_track branch_track;
+};
+
+struct repo_config_values *repo_config_values(struct repository *repo);
+
 /*
  * Wrapper of getenv() that returns a strdup value. This value is kept
  * in argv to be freed later.
@@ -110,6 +123,8 @@ int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
 int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb);
 
+void repo_config_values_init(struct repo_config_values *cfg);
+
 /*
  * TODO: All the below state either explicitly or implicitly relies on
  * `the_repository`. We should eventually get rid of these and make the
@@ -155,7 +170,6 @@ extern int assume_unchanged;
 extern int warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
 extern char *apply_default_whitespace;
 extern char *apply_default_ignorewhitespace;
-extern char *git_attributes_file;
 extern int zlib_compression_level;
 extern int pack_compression_level;
 extern unsigned long pack_size_limit_cfg;
@@ -164,7 +178,6 @@ extern int precomposed_unicode;
 extern int protect_hfs;
 extern int protect_ntfs;
 
-extern int core_apply_sparse_checkout;
 extern int core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 extern int sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns;
 
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index b8265021f988eb..3094140055cf42 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -129,18 +129,15 @@ int check_object_signature(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
 	return !oideq(oid, &real_oid) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-int stream_object_signature(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
+int stream_object_signature(struct repository *r,
+			    struct odb_read_stream *st,
+			    const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	struct object_id real_oid;
-	struct odb_read_stream *st;
 	struct git_hash_ctx c;
 	char hdr[MAX_HEADER_LEN];
 	int hdrlen;
 
-	st = odb_read_stream_open(r->objects, oid, NULL);
-	if (!st)
-		return -1;
-
 	/* Generate the header */
 	hdrlen = format_object_header(hdr, sizeof(hdr), st->type, st->size);
 
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@ int stream_object_signature(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
 		git_hash_update(&c, buf, readlen);
 	}
 	git_hash_final_oid(&real_oid, &c);
-	odb_read_stream_close(st);
 	return !oideq(oid, &real_oid) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/object-file.h b/object-file.h
index 47fad6663ba5fd..ff6da6529640dc 100644
--- a/object-file.h
+++ b/object-file.h
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ int check_object_signature(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
  * Try reading the object named with "oid" using
  * the streaming interface and rehash it to do the same.
  */
-int stream_object_signature(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid);
+int stream_object_signature(struct repository *r,
+			    struct odb_read_stream *stream,
+			    const struct object_id *oid);
 
 enum finalize_object_file_flags {
 	FOF_SKIP_COLLISION_CHECK = 1,
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 99b6df3780475e..465902ecc6dbb5 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "object.h"
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
+#include "odb/streaming.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "statinfo.h"
 #include "tree.h"
@@ -343,9 +344,21 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 
 	if ((!obj || obj->type == OBJ_NONE || obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) &&
 	    odb_read_object_info(r->objects, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB) {
-		if (!skip_hash && stream_object_signature(r, repl) < 0) {
-			error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
-			return NULL;
+		if (!skip_hash) {
+			struct odb_read_stream *stream = odb_read_stream_open(r->objects, oid, NULL);
+
+			if (!stream) {
+				error(_("unable to open object stream for %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
+				return NULL;
+			}
+
+			if (stream_object_signature(r, stream, repl) < 0) {
+				error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
+				odb_read_stream_close(stream);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+
+			odb_read_stream_close(stream);
 		}
 		parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(r, oid));
 		return lookup_object(r, oid);
diff --git a/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c b/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
index fb8b8787a460f1..59bbb849d1e1c4 100644
--- a/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
+++ b/oss-fuzz/fuzz-commit-graph.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {
 	struct commit_graph *g;
 
+	memset(the_repository, 0, sizeof(*the_repository));
 	initialize_repository(the_repository);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index 67cb2cf72f2b93..7378c80730d537 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "odb.h"
+#include "odb/streaming.h"
 
 struct idx_entry {
 	off_t                offset;
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct repository *r,
 	QSORT(entries, nr_objects, compare_entries);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_objects; i++) {
+		struct odb_read_stream *stream = NULL;
 		void *data;
 		struct object_id oid;
 		enum object_type type;
@@ -152,7 +154,9 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct repository *r,
 							type) < 0)
 			err = error("packed %s from %s is corrupt",
 				    oid_to_hex(&oid), p->pack_name);
-		else if (!data && stream_object_signature(r, &oid) < 0)
+		else if (!data &&
+			 (packfile_read_object_stream(&stream, &oid, p, entries[i].offset) < 0 ||
+			  stream_object_signature(r, stream, &oid) < 0))
 			err = error("packed %s from %s is corrupt",
 				    oid_to_hex(&oid), p->pack_name);
 		else if (fn) {
@@ -163,12 +167,14 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct repository *r,
 		}
 		if (((base_count + i) & 1023) == 0)
 			display_progress(progress, base_count + i);
-		free(data);
 
+		if (stream)
+			odb_read_stream_close(stream);
+		free(data);
 	}
+
 	display_progress(progress, base_count + i);
 	free(entries);
-
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index ce837f852ad1f6..4a6d4a80ea4a99 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -2621,32 +2621,28 @@ static int close_istream_pack_non_delta(struct odb_read_stream *_st)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int packfile_store_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
-				      struct packfile_store *store,
-				      const struct object_id *oid)
+int packfile_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
+				const struct object_id *oid,
+				struct packed_git *pack,
+				off_t offset)
 {
 	struct odb_packed_read_stream *stream;
 	struct pack_window *window = NULL;
-	struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
 	enum object_type in_pack_type;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	oi.sizep = &size;
+	in_pack_type = unpack_object_header(pack, &window, &offset, &size);
+	unuse_pack(&window);
 
-	if (packfile_store_read_object_info(store, oid, &oi, 0) ||
-	    oi.u.packed.type == PACKED_OBJECT_TYPE_REF_DELTA ||
-	    oi.u.packed.type == PACKED_OBJECT_TYPE_OFS_DELTA ||
-	    repo_settings_get_big_file_threshold(store->source->odb->repo) >= size)
+	if (repo_settings_get_big_file_threshold(pack->repo) >= size)
 		return -1;
 
-	in_pack_type = unpack_object_header(oi.u.packed.pack,
-					    &window,
-					    &oi.u.packed.offset,
-					    &size);
-	unuse_pack(&window);
 	switch (in_pack_type) {
 	default:
 		return -1; /* we do not do deltas for now */
+	case OBJ_BAD:
+		mark_bad_packed_object(pack, oid);
+		return -1;
 	case OBJ_COMMIT:
 	case OBJ_TREE:
 	case OBJ_BLOB:
@@ -2660,10 +2656,22 @@ int packfile_store_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
 	stream->base.type = in_pack_type;
 	stream->base.size = size;
 	stream->z_state = ODB_PACKED_READ_STREAM_UNINITIALIZED;
-	stream->pack = oi.u.packed.pack;
-	stream->pos = oi.u.packed.offset;
+	stream->pack = pack;
+	stream->pos = offset;
 
 	*out = &stream->base;
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int packfile_store_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
+				      struct packfile_store *store,
+				      const struct object_id *oid)
+{
+	struct pack_entry e;
+
+	if (!find_pack_entry(store, oid, &e))
+		return -1;
+
+	return packfile_read_object_stream(out, oid, e.p, e.offset);
+}
diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index 224142fd346715..85ce44f8ee88a7 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ off_t get_delta_base(struct packed_git *p, struct pack_window **w_curs,
 		     off_t *curpos, enum object_type type,
 		     off_t delta_obj_offset);
 
+int packfile_read_object_stream(struct odb_read_stream **out,
+				const struct object_id *oid,
+				struct packed_git *pack,
+				off_t offset);
+
 void release_pack_memory(size_t);
 
 /* global flag to enable extra checks when accessing packed objects */
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 44e77cd05a3287..e7fa42c14f2254 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -50,13 +50,27 @@ static void set_default_hash_algo(struct repository *repo)
 	repo_set_hash_algo(repo, algo);
 }
 
+struct repo_config_values *repo_config_values(struct repository *repo)
+{
+	if (repo != the_repository)
+		BUG("trying to read config from wrong repository instance");
+	if (!repo->initialized)
+		BUG("config values from uninitialized repository");
+	return &repo->config_values_private_;
+}
+
 void initialize_repository(struct repository *repo)
 {
+	if (repo->initialized)
+		BUG("repository initialized already");
+	repo->initialized = true;
+
 	repo->remote_state = remote_state_new();
 	repo->parsed_objects = parsed_object_pool_new(repo);
 	ALLOC_ARRAY(repo->index, 1);
 	index_state_init(repo->index, repo);
 	repo->check_deprecated_config = true;
+	repo_config_values_init(&repo->config_values_private_);
 
 	/*
 	 * When a command runs inside a repository, it learns what
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 72a5e9d410c264..9ad6520c3732fe 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "strmap.h"
 #include "repo-settings.h"
+#include "environment.h"
 
 struct config_set;
 struct git_hash_algo;
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ struct repository {
 	/* Repository's compatibility hash algorithm. */
 	const struct git_hash_algo *compat_hash_algo;
 
+	/* Repository's config values parsed by git_default_config() */
+	struct repo_config_values config_values_private_;
+
 	/* Repository's reference storage format, as serialized on disk. */
 	enum ref_storage_format ref_storage_format;
 	/*
@@ -177,6 +181,9 @@ struct repository {
 
 	/* Should repo_config() check for deprecated settings */
 	bool check_deprecated_config;
+
+	/* Has this repository instance been initialized? */
+	bool initialized;
 };
 
 #ifdef USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c
index 76f90da5f5f41e..13629c075d06e0 100644
--- a/sparse-index.c
+++ b/sparse-index.c
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ static int index_has_unmerged_entries(struct index_state *istate)
 
 int is_sparse_index_allowed(struct index_state *istate, int flags)
 {
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout || !core_sparse_checkout_cone)
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout || !core_sparse_checkout_cone)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!(flags & SPARSE_INDEX_MEMORY_ONLY)) {
@@ -670,7 +672,9 @@ static void clear_skip_worktree_from_present_files_full(struct index_state *ista
 
 void clear_skip_worktree_from_present_files(struct index_state *istate)
 {
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout ||
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
+
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout ||
 	    sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/t/helper/test-genrandom.c b/t/helper/test-genrandom.c
index 51b67f2f874694..d681961abbbc37 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-genrandom.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-genrandom.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "parse.h"
 
 int cmd__genrandom(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ int cmd__genrandom(int argc, const char **argv)
 		next = next * 11 + *c;
 	} while (*c++);
 
-	count = (argc == 3) ? strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 0) : ULONG_MAX;
+	count = ULONG_MAX;
+	if (argc == 3 && !git_parse_ulong(argv[2], &count))
+		return error_errno("cannot parse argument '%s'", argv[2]);
 
 	while (count--) {
 		next = next * 1103515245 + 12345;
diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
index 0eee3bb8781b30..5499be8dc95559 100755
--- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
+++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ test_expect_success 'object reference via commit text search' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'setup blobs which are likely to delta' '
-	test-tool genrandom foo 10240 >foo &&
+	test-tool genrandom foo 10k >foo &&
 	{ cat foo && echo plus; } >foo-plus &&
 	git add foo foo-plus &&
 	git commit -m foo &&
diff --git a/t/t1050-large.sh b/t/t1050-large.sh
index 5be273611ad850..7d40d0852166b5 100755
--- a/t/t1050-large.sh
+++ b/t/t1050-large.sh
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ test_expect_success 'packsize limit' '
 		# mid1 and mid2 will fit within 256k limit but
 		# appending mid3 will bust the limit and will
 		# result in a separate packfile.
-		test-tool genrandom "a" $(( 66 * 1024 )) >mid1 &&
-		test-tool genrandom "b" $(( 80 * 1024 )) >mid2 &&
-		test-tool genrandom "c" $(( 128 * 1024 )) >mid3 &&
+		test-tool genrandom "a" 66k >mid1 &&
+		test-tool genrandom "b" 80k >mid2 &&
+		test-tool genrandom "c" 128k >mid3 &&
 		git add mid1 mid2 mid3 &&
 
 		count=0 &&
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 3fae05f9d9f805..54e81c263686de 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -852,6 +852,44 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck errors in packed objects' '
 	! grep corrupt out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fsck handles multiple packfiles with big blobs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		# We construct two packfiles with two objects in common and one
+		# object not in common. The objects in common can then be
+		# corrupted in one of the packfiles, respectively. The other
+		# objects that are unique to the packs are merely used to not
+		# have both packs contain the same data.
+		blob_one=$(test-tool genrandom one 200k | git hash-object -t blob -w --stdin) &&
+		blob_two=$(test-tool genrandom two 200k | git hash-object -t blob -w --stdin) &&
+		blob_three=$(test-tool genrandom three 200k | git hash-object -t blob -w --stdin) &&
+		blob_four=$(test-tool genrandom four 200k | git hash-object -t blob -w --stdin) &&
+		pack_one=$(printf "%s\n" "$blob_one" "$blob_two" "$blob_three" | git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack) &&
+		pack_two=$(printf "%s\n" "$blob_two" "$blob_three" "$blob_four" | git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack) &&
+		chmod a+w .git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack &&
+
+		# Corrupt blob two in the first pack.
+		git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_one >objects &&
+		offset_one=$(sed <objects -n "s/^$blob_two .* \(.*\)$/\1/p") &&
+		printf "\0" | dd of=.git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_one.pack bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$offset_one &&
+
+		# Corrupt blob three in the second pack.
+		git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_two >objects &&
+		offset_two=$(sed <objects -n "s/^$blob_three .* \(.*\)$/\1/p") &&
+		printf "\0" | dd of=.git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_two.pack bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$offset_two &&
+
+		# We now expect to see two failures for the corrupted objects,
+		# even though they exist in a non-corrupted form in the
+		# respective other pack.
+		test_must_fail git -c core.bigFileThreshold=100k fsck 2>err &&
+		test_grep "unknown object type 0 at offset $offset_one in .git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_one.pack" err &&
+		test_grep "unknown object type 0 at offset $offset_two in .git/objects/pack/pack-$pack_two.pack" err
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'fsck fails on corrupt packfile' '
 	hsh=$(git commit-tree -m mycommit HEAD^{tree}) &&
 	pack=$(echo $hsh | git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack) &&
@@ -918,7 +956,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck detects trailing loose garbage (large blob)' '
 test_expect_success 'fsck detects truncated loose object' '
 	# make it big enough that we know we will truncate in the data
 	# portion, not the header
-	test-tool genrandom truncate 4096 >file &&
+	test-tool genrandom truncate 4k >file &&
 	blob=$(git hash-object -w file) &&
 	file=$(sha1_file $blob) &&
 	test_when_finished "remove_object $blob" &&
diff --git a/t/t5301-sliding-window.sh b/t/t5301-sliding-window.sh
index ff6b5159a312bb..3c3666b2781946 100755
--- a/t/t5301-sliding-window.sh
+++ b/t/t5301-sliding-window.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	for i in a b c
 	do
 	echo $i >$i &&
-	test-tool genrandom "$i" 32768 >>$i &&
+	test-tool genrandom "$i" 32k >>$i &&
 	git update-index --add $i || return 1
 	done &&
 	echo d >d && cat c >>d && git update-index --add d &&
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index 310b708c5cce92..f693cb56691988 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ test_bitmap_cases () {
 	'
 
 	test_expect_success 'splitting packs does not generate bogus bitmaps' '
-		test-tool genrandom foo $((1024 * 1024)) >rand &&
+		test-tool genrandom foo 1m >rand &&
 		git add rand &&
 		git commit -m "commit with big file" &&
 		git -c pack.packSizeLimit=500k repack -adb &&
diff --git a/t/t5710-promisor-remote-capability.sh b/t/t5710-promisor-remote-capability.sh
index 532e6f0fea125b..357822c01a7530 100755
--- a/t/t5710-promisor-remote-capability.sh
+++ b/t/t5710-promisor-remote-capability.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup: create "template" repository' '
 	test_commit -C template 1 &&
 	test_commit -C template 2 &&
 	test_commit -C template 3 &&
-	test-tool genrandom foo 10240 >template/foo &&
+	test-tool genrandom foo 10k >template/foo &&
 	git -C template add foo &&
 	git -C template commit -m foo
 '
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ test_expect_success "clone with promisor.advertise set to 'true' but don't delet
 
 test_expect_success "setup for subsequent fetches" '
 	# Generate new commit with large blob
-	test-tool genrandom bar 10240 >template/bar &&
+	test-tool genrandom bar 10k >template/bar &&
 	git -C template add bar &&
 	git -C template commit -m bar &&
 
diff --git a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
index 409cd0cd121695..e7b40654694c9e 100755
--- a/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7527-builtin-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -408,9 +408,8 @@ move_directory() {
 # ensure we are getting the OS notifications and do not try to confirm what
 # is reported by `git status`.
 #
-# We run a simple query after modifying the filesystem just to introduce
-# a bit of a delay so that the trace logging from the daemon has time to
-# get flushed to disk.
+# We use retry_grep to handle races between the daemon writing events
+# to the trace file and our check.
 #
 # We `reset` and `clean` at the bottom of each test (and before stopping the
 # daemon) because these commands might implicitly restart the daemon.
@@ -422,6 +421,24 @@ clean_up_repo_and_stop_daemon () {
 	rm -f .git/trace
 }
 
+# Retry a grep up to RETRY_TIMEOUT times until it succeeds.
+#
+RETRY_TIMEOUT=5
+
+retry_grep () {
+	nr_tries_left=$RETRY_TIMEOUT
+	until grep "$1" "$2" 2>/dev/null
+	do
+		if test $nr_tries_left -eq 0
+		then
+			grep "$1" "$2"
+			return
+		fi
+		nr_tries_left=$(($nr_tries_left - 1))
+		sleep 1
+	done
+}
+
 test_expect_success 'edit some files' '
 	test_when_finished clean_up_repo_and_stop_daemon &&
 
@@ -429,12 +446,10 @@ test_expect_success 'edit some files' '
 
 	edit_files &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dir1/modified$"  .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir2/modified$"  .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: modified$"       .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir1/untracked$" .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/modified$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir2/modified$"  .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: modified$"       .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/untracked$" .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'create some files' '
@@ -444,11 +459,9 @@ test_expect_success 'create some files' '
 
 	create_files &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dir1/new$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir2/new$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: new$"      .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/new$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir2/new$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: new$"      .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'delete some files' '
@@ -458,11 +471,9 @@ test_expect_success 'delete some files' '
 
 	delete_files &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dir1/delete$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir2/delete$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: delete$"      .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/delete$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir2/delete$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: delete$"      .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rename some files' '
@@ -472,14 +483,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rename some files' '
 
 	rename_files &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dir1/rename$"  .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir2/rename$"  .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: rename$"       .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir1/renamed$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dir2/renamed$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: renamed$"      .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/rename$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir2/rename$"  .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: rename$"       .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1/renamed$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dir2/renamed$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: renamed$"      .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rename directory' '
@@ -489,10 +498,8 @@ test_expect_success 'rename directory' '
 
 	mv dirtorename dirrenamed &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dirtorename/*$" .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: dirrenamed/*$"  .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dirtorename/*$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: dirrenamed/*$"  .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'file changes to directory' '
@@ -502,10 +509,8 @@ test_expect_success 'file changes to directory' '
 
 	file_to_directory &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: delete$"     .git/trace &&
-	grep "^event: delete/new$" .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: delete$" .git/trace &&
+	retry_grep "^event: delete/new$" .git/trace
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'directory changes to a file' '
@@ -515,9 +520,7 @@ test_expect_success 'directory changes to a file' '
 
 	directory_to_file &&
 
-	test-tool fsmonitor-client query --token 0 &&
-
-	grep "^event: dir1$" .git/trace
+	retry_grep "^event: dir1$" .git/trace
 '
 
 # The next few test cases exercise the token-resync code.  When filesystem
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index acc2589f212727..63ef63fc509a1d 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ test_expect_success 'no bitmaps created if .keep files present' '
 
 test_expect_success 'auto-bitmaps do not complain if unavailable' '
 	test_config -C bare.git pack.packSizeLimit 1M &&
-	blob=$(test-tool genrandom big $((1024*1024)) |
+	blob=$(test-tool genrandom big 1m |
 	       git -C bare.git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
 	git -C bare.git update-ref refs/tags/big $blob &&
 
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ test_expect_success '--filter works with --max-pack-size' '
 		cd max-pack-size &&
 		test_commit base &&
 		# two blobs which exceed the maximum pack size
-		test-tool genrandom foo 1048576 >foo &&
+		test-tool genrandom foo 1m >foo &&
 		git hash-object -w foo &&
-		test-tool genrandom bar 1048576 >bar &&
+		test-tool genrandom bar 1m >bar &&
 		git hash-object -w bar &&
 		git add foo bar &&
 		git commit -m "adding foo and bar"
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index f38c761ab987a6..998a1e6dc70cae 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -1888,6 +1888,7 @@ int unpack_trees(unsigned len, struct tree_desc *t, struct unpack_trees_options
 	struct pattern_list pl;
 	int free_pattern_list = 0;
 	struct dir_struct dir = DIR_INIT;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
 	if (o->reset == UNPACK_RESET_INVALID)
 		BUG("o->reset had a value of 1; should be UNPACK_TREES_*_UNTRACKED");
@@ -1924,7 +1925,7 @@ int unpack_trees(unsigned len, struct tree_desc *t, struct unpack_trees_options
 	if (o->prefix)
 		update_sparsity_for_prefix(o->prefix, o->src_index);
 
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout || !o->update)
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout || !o->update)
 		o->skip_sparse_checkout = 1;
 	if (!o->skip_sparse_checkout) {
 		memset(&pl, 0, sizeof(pl));
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 68257d6dfd2957..543000311fd615 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1793,8 +1793,10 @@ static void wt_status_check_sparse_checkout(struct repository *r,
 {
 	int skip_worktree = 0;
 	int i;
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);
 
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout || r->index->cache_nr == 0) {
+	if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout ||
+	    r->index->cache_nr == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Don't compute percentage of checked out files if we
 		 * aren't in a sparse checkout or would get division by 0.