diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 4999b7e09d..fbb9eaffaf 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 = &the_repository->config_values;
+	if (!cfg->attributes_file_path)
+		cfg->attributes_file_path = xdg_config_home("attributes");
 
-	return git_attributes_file;
+	return cfg->attributes_file_path;
 }
 
 int git_attr_system_is_enabled(void)
diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index ec2f35fda4..3dc6e2a0ff 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 e80fc1b694..90d5312240 100644
--- a/builtin/backfill.c
+++ b/builtin/backfill.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* We need this macro to access core_apply_sparse_checkout */
 #define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
 
 #include "builtin.h"
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ 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 = repo->config_values.sparse_checkout;
 
 	result = do_backfill(&ctx);
 	backfill_context_clear(&ctx);
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index c577b5d20f..d75114b41c 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc,
 	if (!sorting_options.nr)
 		string_list_append(&sorting_options, "refname");
 
-	track = git_branch_track;
+	track = the_repository->config_values.git_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 c4459cac9c..dc77203d42 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ 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 = the_repository->config_values.git_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 67c7db104f..fc9c68bf9f 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static int git_sparse_checkout_init(const char *repo)
 	 * We must apply the setting in the current process
 	 * for the later checkout to use the sparse-checkout file.
 	 */
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	the_repository->config_values.sparse_checkout = 1;
 
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 	if (run_command(&cmd)) {
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 5b8b87b1ac..afa884d6e9 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. "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 d43925097b..511620747b 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ remove_entry:
 		rename_index_entry_at(the_repository->index, pos, dst);
 
 		if (ignore_sparse &&
-		    core_apply_sparse_checkout &&
+		    the_repository->config_values.sparse_checkout &&
 		    core_sparse_checkout_cone) {
 			/*
 			 * NEEDSWORK: we are *not* paying attention to
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 5b6cebbb85..68105ecb2d 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ 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 (the_repository->config_values.git_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 7dfb276bf0..b8ed6e468c 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	int res;
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!the_repository->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("this worktree is not sparse"));
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ static int set_config(struct repository *repo,
 
 static enum sparse_checkout_mode update_cone_mode(int *cone_mode) {
 	/* If not specified, use previous definition of cone mode */
-	if (*cone_mode == -1 && core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (*cone_mode == -1 && the_repository->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		*cone_mode = core_sparse_checkout_cone;
 
 	/* Set cone/non-cone mode appropriately */
-	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+	the_repository->config_values.sparse_checkout = 1;
 	if (*cone_mode == 1 || *cone_mode == -1) {
 		core_sparse_checkout_cone = 1;
 		return MODE_CONE_PATTERNS;
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int update_modes(struct repository *repo, int *cone_mode, int *sparse_ind
 	int mode, record_mode;
 
 	/* 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) || !repo->config_values.sparse_checkout;
 
 	mode = update_cone_mode(cone_mode);
 	if (record_mode && set_config(repo, mode))
@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ static int modify_pattern_list(struct repository *repo,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout) {
+	if (!repo->config_values.sparse_checkout) {
 		set_config(repo, MODE_ALL_PATTERNS);
-		core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+		repo->config_values.sparse_checkout = 1;
 		changed_config = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	int ret;
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!repo->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("no sparse-checkout to add to"));
 
 	repo_read_index(repo);
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_reapply(int argc, const char **argv,
 	};
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!repo->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		die(_("must be in a sparse-checkout to reapply sparsity patterns"));
 
 	reapply_opts.cone_mode = -1;
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_clean(int argc, const char **argv,
 	};
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!repo->config_values.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"));
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct pattern_list pl;
 
 	/*
-	 * We do not exit early if !core_apply_sparse_checkout; due to the
+	 * We do not exit early if !repo->config_values.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
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ 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;
+	repo->config_values.sparse_checkout = 1;
 
 	add_pattern("/*", empty_base, 0, &pl, 0);
 
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index b621d14275..3da33a1925 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ static int module_create_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	};
 
 	repo_config(the_repository, git_default_config, NULL);
-	track = git_branch_track;
+	track = the_repository->config_values.git_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 3d6547c23b..3041789dd3 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ 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 (wt->repo->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		copy_sparse_checkout(sb_repo.buf);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b00821f294..56b412a6d2 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ done:
 
 int init_sparse_checkout_patterns(struct index_state *istate)
 {
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout)
+	if (!istate->repo->config_values.sparse_checkout)
 		return 1;
 	if (istate->sparse_checkout_patterns)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 0026eb2274..b5fa2c99a6 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 @@ next_name:
 int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb)
 {
+	struct repo_config_values *cfg = &the_repository->config_values;
+
 	/* 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_path);
+		return git_config_pathname(&cfg->attributes_file_path, 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->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 = &the_repository->config_values;
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "branch.autosetupmerge")) {
 		if (value && !strcmp(value, "always")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS;
+			cfg->git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS;
 			return 0;
 		} else if (value && !strcmp(value, "inherit")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT;
+			cfg->git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT;
 			return 0;
 		} else if (value && !strcmp(value, "simple")) {
-			git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE;
+			cfg->git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_SIMPLE;
 			return 0;
 		}
-		git_branch_track = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		cfg->git_branch_track = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "branch.autosetuprebase")) {
@@ -733,3 +734,8 @@ 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->git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE;
+}
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 27f657af04..489fd62053 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"
@@ -84,6 +85,16 @@ extern const char * const local_repo_env[];
 
 struct strvec;
 
+/* Config values parsed by git_default_config() */
+struct repo_config_values {
+	/* core config values */
+	char *attributes_file_path;
+	int sparse_checkout;
+
+	/* branch config values */
+	enum branch_track git_branch_track;
+};
+
 /*
  * Wrapper of getenv() that returns a strdup value. This value is kept
  * in argv to be freed later.
@@ -109,6 +120,8 @@ 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
@@ -154,7 +167,6 @@ 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;
@@ -163,7 +175,6 @@ 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/repository.c b/repository.c
index 46a7c99930..f3ca30669b 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void initialize_repository(struct repository *repo)
 	ALLOC_ARRAY(repo->index, 1);
 	index_state_init(repo->index, repo);
 	repo->check_deprecated_config = true;
+	repo_config_values_init(&repo->config_values);
 
 	/*
 	 * When a command runs inside a repository, it learns what
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index 7141237f97..d619604dd3 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;
+
 	/* Repository's reference storage format, as serialized on disk. */
 	enum ref_storage_format ref_storage_format;
 
diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c
index 76f90da5f5..6dd8dd679d 100644
--- a/sparse-index.c
+++ b/sparse-index.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ 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 = &istate->repo->config_values;
+	if (!cfg->sparse_checkout || !core_sparse_checkout_cone)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!(flags & SPARSE_INDEX_MEMORY_ONLY)) {
@@ -670,7 +671,8 @@ 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 = &istate->repo->config_values;
+	if (!cfg->sparse_checkout ||
 	    sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index f38c761ab9..2bdfa1334c 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ 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 (!repo->config_values.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 95942399f8..1ab3c01169 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ static void wt_status_check_sparse_checkout(struct repository *r,
 	int skip_worktree = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout || r->index->cache_nr == 0) {
+	if (!r->config_values.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.