The 'read_replace_objects' constant is initialized by git_default_config (if core.useReplaceRefs is disabled) and within setup_git_env (if GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS) is set. To ensure that this variable cannot be set accidentally in other places, wrap it in a replace_refs_enabled() method. Since we still assign this global in config.c, we are not able to remove the global scope of this variable and make it a static within replace-object.c. This will happen in a later change which will also prevent the variable from being read before it is initialized. Centralizing read access to the variable is an important first step. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>