diff --git a/cmd/hook.go b/cmd/hook.go
index 2a9c25add52..9c1cb66f2a4 100644
--- a/cmd/hook.go
+++ b/cmd/hook.go
@@ -220,10 +220,7 @@ Gitea or set your environment appropriately.`, "")
 		}
 	}
 
-	supportProcReceive := false
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.29") == nil {
-		supportProcReceive = true
-	}
+	supportProcReceive := git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		// TODO: support news feeds for wiki
@@ -497,7 +494,7 @@ Gitea or set your environment appropriately.`, "")
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.29") != nil {
+	if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 		return fail(ctx, "No proc-receive support", "current git version doesn't support proc-receive.")
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/serv.go b/cmd/serv.go
index 90190a19db6..2bfd1110617 100644
--- a/cmd/serv.go
+++ b/cmd/serv.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func runServ(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(words) < 2 {
-		if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.29") == nil {
+		if git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 			// for AGit Flow
 			if cmd == "ssh_info" {
 				fmt.Print(`{"type":"gitea","version":1}`)
diff --git a/modules/git/blame.go b/modules/git/blame.go
index 69e1b08f93b..a9b2706f217 100644
--- a/modules/git/blame.go
+++ b/modules/git/blame.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (r *BlameReader) Close() error {
 // CreateBlameReader creates reader for given repository, commit and file
 func CreateBlameReader(ctx context.Context, objectFormat ObjectFormat, repoPath string, commit *Commit, file string, bypassBlameIgnore bool) (*BlameReader, error) {
 	var ignoreRevsFile *string
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.23") == nil && !bypassBlameIgnore {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.23") && !bypassBlameIgnore {
 		ignoreRevsFile = tryCreateBlameIgnoreRevsFile(commit)
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/commit.go b/modules/git/commit.go
index d96cef37c8d..86adaa79a66 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func (c *Commit) GetSubModule(entryname string) (*SubModule, error) {
 // GetBranchName gets the closest branch name (as returned by 'git name-rev --name-only')
 func (c *Commit) GetBranchName() (string, error) {
 	cmd := NewCommand(c.repo.Ctx, "name-rev")
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.13.0") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.13.0") {
 		cmd.AddArguments("--exclude", "refs/tags/*")
 	}
 	cmd.AddArguments("--name-only", "--no-undefined").AddDynamicArguments(c.ID.String())
diff --git a/modules/git/git.go b/modules/git/git.go
index e411269f7c5..05ca2608555 100644
--- a/modules/git/git.go
+++ b/modules/git/git.go
@@ -22,42 +22,63 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 )
 
-// RequiredVersion is the minimum Git version required
-const RequiredVersion = "2.0.0"
+const RequiredVersion = "2.0.0" // the minimum Git version required
 
-var (
-	// GitExecutable is the command name of git
-	// Could be updated to an absolute path while initialization
-	GitExecutable = "git"
-
-	// DefaultContext is the default context to run git commands in, must be initialized by git.InitXxx
-	DefaultContext context.Context
+type Features struct {
+	gitVersion *version.Version
 
-	DefaultFeatures struct {
-		GitVersion *version.Version
+	UsingGogit             bool
+	SupportProcReceive     bool           // >= 2.29
+	SupportHashSha256      bool           // >= 2.42, SHA-256 repositories no longer an ‘experimental curiosity’
+	SupportedObjectFormats []ObjectFormat // sha1, sha256
+}
 
-		SupportProcReceive bool // >= 2.29
-		SupportHashSha256  bool // >= 2.42, SHA-256 repositories no longer an ‘experimental curiosity’
-	}
+var (
+	GitExecutable   = "git"         // the command name of git, will be updated to an absolute path during initialization
+	DefaultContext  context.Context // the default context to run git commands in, must be initialized by git.InitXxx
+	defaultFeatures *Features
 )
 
-// loadGitVersion tries to get the current git version and stores it into a global variable
-func loadGitVersion() error {
-	// doesn't need RWMutex because it's executed by Init()
-	if DefaultFeatures.GitVersion != nil {
-		return nil
+func (f *Features) CheckVersionAtLeast(atLeast string) bool {
+	return f.gitVersion.Compare(version.Must(version.NewVersion(atLeast))) >= 0
+}
+
+// VersionInfo returns git version information
+func (f *Features) VersionInfo() string {
+	return f.gitVersion.Original()
+}
+
+func DefaultFeatures() *Features {
+	if defaultFeatures == nil {
+		if !setting.IsProd || setting.IsInTesting {
+			log.Warn("git.DefaultFeatures is called before git.InitXxx, initializing with default values")
+		}
+		if err := InitSimple(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("git.InitSimple failed: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
+	return defaultFeatures
+}
 
+func loadGitVersionFeatures() (*Features, error) {
 	stdout, _, runErr := NewCommand(DefaultContext, "version").RunStdString(nil)
 	if runErr != nil {
-		return runErr
+		return nil, runErr
 	}
 
 	ver, err := parseGitVersionLine(strings.TrimSpace(stdout))
-	if err == nil {
-		DefaultFeatures.GitVersion = ver
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return err
+
+	features := &Features{gitVersion: ver, UsingGogit: isGogit}
+	features.SupportProcReceive = features.CheckVersionAtLeast("2.29")
+	features.SupportHashSha256 = features.CheckVersionAtLeast("2.42") && !isGogit
+	features.SupportedObjectFormats = []ObjectFormat{Sha1ObjectFormat}
+	if features.SupportHashSha256 {
+		features.SupportedObjectFormats = append(features.SupportedObjectFormats, Sha256ObjectFormat)
+	}
+	return features, nil
 }
 
 func parseGitVersionLine(s string) (*version.Version, error) {
@@ -85,56 +106,24 @@ func SetExecutablePath(path string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("git not found: %w", err)
 	}
 	GitExecutable = absPath
+	return nil
+}
 
-	if err = loadGitVersion(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load git version: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	versionRequired, err := version.NewVersion(RequiredVersion)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.LessThan(versionRequired) {
+func ensureGitVersion() error {
+	if !DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast(RequiredVersion) {
 		moreHint := "get git: https://git-scm.com/download/"
 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 			// there are a lot of CentOS/RHEL users using old git, so we add a special hint for them
-			if _, err = os.Stat("/etc/redhat-release"); err == nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/redhat-release"); err == nil {
 				// ius.io is the recommended official(git-scm.com) method to install git
 				moreHint = "get git: https://git-scm.com/download/linux and https://ius.io"
 			}
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("installed git version %q is not supported, Gitea requires git version >= %q, %s", DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.Original(), RequiredVersion, moreHint)
+		return fmt.Errorf("installed git version %q is not supported, Gitea requires git version >= %q, %s", DefaultFeatures().gitVersion.Original(), RequiredVersion, moreHint)
 	}
 
-	if err = checkGitVersionCompatibility(DefaultFeatures.GitVersion); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("installed git version %s has a known compatibility issue with Gitea: %w, please upgrade (or downgrade) git", DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.String(), err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// VersionInfo returns git version information
-func VersionInfo() string {
-	if DefaultFeatures.GitVersion == nil {
-		return "(git not found)"
-	}
-	format := "%s"
-	args := []any{DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.Original()}
-	// Since git wire protocol has been released from git v2.18
-	if setting.Git.EnableAutoGitWireProtocol && CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.18") == nil {
-		format += ", Wire Protocol %s Enabled"
-		args = append(args, "Version 2") // for focus color
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
-}
-
-func checkInit() error {
-	if setting.Git.HomePath == "" {
-		return errors.New("unable to init Git's HomeDir, incorrect initialization of the setting and git modules")
-	}
-	if DefaultContext != nil {
-		log.Warn("git module has been initialized already, duplicate init may work but it's better to fix it")
+	if err := checkGitVersionCompatibility(DefaultFeatures().gitVersion); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("installed git version %s has a known compatibility issue with Gitea: %w, please upgrade (or downgrade) git", DefaultFeatures().gitVersion.String(), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -154,8 +143,12 @@ func HomeDir() string {
 // InitSimple initializes git module with a very simple step, no config changes, no global command arguments.
 // This method doesn't change anything to filesystem. At the moment, it is only used by some Gitea sub-commands.
 func InitSimple(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if err := checkInit(); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if setting.Git.HomePath == "" {
+		return errors.New("unable to init Git's HomeDir, incorrect initialization of the setting and git modules")
+	}
+
+	if DefaultContext != nil && (!setting.IsProd || setting.IsInTesting) {
+		log.Warn("git module has been initialized already, duplicate init may work but it's better to fix it")
 	}
 
 	DefaultContext = ctx
@@ -165,13 +158,16 @@ func InitSimple(ctx context.Context) error {
 		defaultCommandExecutionTimeout = time.Duration(setting.Git.Timeout.Default) * time.Second
 	}
 
-	return SetExecutablePath(setting.Git.Path)
-}
+	if err := SetExecutablePath(setting.Git.Path); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-// InitFull initializes git module with version check and change global variables, sync gitconfig.
-// It should only be called once at the beginning of the program initialization (TestMain/GlobalInitInstalled) as this code makes unsynchronized changes to variables.
-func InitFull(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
-	if err = InitSimple(ctx); err != nil {
+	var err error
+	defaultFeatures, err = loadGitVersionFeatures()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err = ensureGitVersion(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -179,26 +175,28 @@ func InitFull(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("GNUPGHOME"); !ok {
 		_ = os.Setenv("GNUPGHOME", filepath.Join(HomeDir(), ".gnupg"))
 	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// InitFull initializes git module with version check and change global variables, sync gitconfig.
+// It should only be called once at the beginning of the program initialization (TestMain/GlobalInitInstalled) as this code makes unsynchronized changes to variables.
+func InitFull(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	if err = InitSimple(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// Since git wire protocol has been released from git v2.18
-	if setting.Git.EnableAutoGitWireProtocol && CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.18") == nil {
+	if setting.Git.EnableAutoGitWireProtocol && DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.18") {
 		globalCommandArgs = append(globalCommandArgs, "-c", "protocol.version=2")
 	}
 
 	// Explicitly disable credential helper, otherwise Git credentials might leak
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.9") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.9") {
 		globalCommandArgs = append(globalCommandArgs, "-c", "credential.helper=")
 	}
-	DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive = CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.29") == nil
-	DefaultFeatures.SupportHashSha256 = CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.42") == nil && !isGogit
-	if DefaultFeatures.SupportHashSha256 {
-		SupportedObjectFormats = append(SupportedObjectFormats, Sha256ObjectFormat)
-	} else {
-		log.Warn("sha256 hash support is disabled - requires Git >= 2.42. Gogit is currently unsupported")
-	}
 
 	if setting.LFS.StartServer {
-		if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.1.2") != nil {
+		if !DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.1.2") {
 			return errors.New("LFS server support requires Git >= 2.1.2")
 		}
 		globalCommandArgs = append(globalCommandArgs, "-c", "filter.lfs.required=", "-c", "filter.lfs.smudge=", "-c", "filter.lfs.clean=")
@@ -238,13 +236,13 @@ func syncGitConfig() (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.10") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.10") {
 		if err := configSet("receive.advertisePushOptions", "true"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.18") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.18") {
 		if err := configSet("core.commitGraph", "true"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ func syncGitConfig() (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive {
+	if DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 		// set support for AGit flow
 		if err := configAddNonExist("receive.procReceiveRefs", "refs/for"); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -294,7 +292,7 @@ func syncGitConfig() (err error) {
 	}
 
 	// By default partial clones are disabled, enable them from git v2.22
-	if !setting.Git.DisablePartialClone && CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.22") == nil {
+	if !setting.Git.DisablePartialClone && DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.22") {
 		if err = configSet("uploadpack.allowfilter", "true"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -309,21 +307,6 @@ func syncGitConfig() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-// CheckGitVersionAtLeast check git version is at least the constraint version
-func CheckGitVersionAtLeast(atLeast string) error {
-	if DefaultFeatures.GitVersion == nil {
-		panic("git module is not initialized") // it shouldn't happen
-	}
-	atLeastVersion, err := version.NewVersion(atLeast)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.Compare(atLeastVersion) < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("installed git binary version %s is not at least %s", DefaultFeatures.GitVersion.Original(), atLeast)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func checkGitVersionCompatibility(gitVer *version.Version) error {
 	badVersions := []struct {
 		Version *version.Version
diff --git a/modules/git/object_format.go b/modules/git/object_format.go
index 3de9ff8cf45..242d782e177 100644
--- a/modules/git/object_format.go
+++ b/modules/git/object_format.go
@@ -120,12 +120,8 @@ var (
 	Sha256ObjectFormat ObjectFormat = Sha256ObjectFormatImpl{}
 )
 
-var SupportedObjectFormats = []ObjectFormat{
-	Sha1ObjectFormat,
-}
-
 func ObjectFormatFromName(name string) ObjectFormat {
-	for _, objectFormat := range SupportedObjectFormats {
+	for _, objectFormat := range DefaultFeatures().SupportedObjectFormats {
 		if name == objectFormat.Name() {
 			return objectFormat
 		}
diff --git a/modules/git/object_id.go b/modules/git/object_id.go
index 33e5085005d..82d30184dff 100644
--- a/modules/git/object_id.go
+++ b/modules/git/object_id.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (*Sha256Hash) Type() ObjectFormat { return Sha256ObjectFormat }
 
 func NewIDFromString(hexHash string) (ObjectID, error) {
 	var theObjectFormat ObjectFormat
-	for _, objectFormat := range SupportedObjectFormats {
+	for _, objectFormat := range DefaultFeatures().SupportedObjectFormats {
 		if len(hexHash) == objectFormat.FullLength() {
 			theObjectFormat = objectFormat
 			break
diff --git a/modules/git/remote.go b/modules/git/remote.go
index 3585313f6ae..7b10e6b6631 100644
--- a/modules/git/remote.go
+++ b/modules/git/remote.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 // GetRemoteAddress returns remote url of git repository in the repoPath with special remote name
 func GetRemoteAddress(ctx context.Context, repoPath, remoteName string) (string, error) {
 	var cmd *Command
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.7") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.7") {
 		cmd = NewCommand(ctx, "remote", "get-url").AddDynamicArguments(remoteName)
 	} else {
 		cmd = NewCommand(ctx, "config", "--get").AddDynamicArguments("remote." + remoteName + ".url")
diff --git a/modules/git/repo.go b/modules/git/repo.go
index 4511e900e08..d4e1669bec3 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func InitRepository(ctx context.Context, repoPath string, bare bool, objectForma
 	if !IsValidObjectFormat(objectFormatName) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid object format: %s", objectFormatName)
 	}
-	if DefaultFeatures.SupportHashSha256 {
+	if DefaultFeatures().SupportHashSha256 {
 		cmd.AddOptionValues("--object-format", objectFormatName)
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_base.go b/modules/git/repo_base.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c148d9af51..00000000000
--- a/modules/git/repo_base.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package git
-
-var isGogit bool
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go b/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
index 0cd07dcdc89..a1127f4e6c5 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_base_gogit.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/filesystem"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	isGogit = true
-}
+const isGogit = true
 
 // Repository represents a Git repository.
 type Repository struct {
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go b/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
index 5511526e782..bc241cdd795 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_base_nogogit.go
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	isGogit = false
-}
+const isGogit = false
 
 // Repository represents a Git repository.
 type Repository struct {
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_commit.go b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
index f9168bef7ee..8c3285769e4 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) getCommitsBeforeLimit(id ObjectID, num int) ([]*Commit,
 }
 
 func (repo *Repository) getBranches(commit *Commit, limit int) ([]string, error) {
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.7.0") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.7.0") {
 		stdout, _, err := NewCommand(repo.Ctx, "for-each-ref", "--format=%(refname:strip=2)").
 			AddOptionFormat("--count=%d", limit).
 			AddOptionValues("--contains", commit.ID.String(), BranchPrefix).
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_commitgraph.go b/modules/git/repo_commitgraph.go
index 492438be379..087d5bcec4c 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_commitgraph.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_commitgraph.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // WriteCommitGraph write commit graph to speed up repo access
 // this requires git v2.18 to be installed
 func WriteCommitGraph(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) error {
-	if CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.18") == nil {
+	if DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.18") {
 		if _, _, err := NewCommand(ctx, "commit-graph", "write").RunStdString(&RunOpts{Dir: repoPath}); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to write commit-graph for '%s' : %w", repoPath, err)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/lfs/pointer_scanner_nogogit.go b/modules/lfs/pointer_scanner_nogogit.go
index 658b98feabd..c37a93e73bf 100644
--- a/modules/lfs/pointer_scanner_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/lfs/pointer_scanner_nogogit.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func SearchPointerBlobs(ctx context.Context, repo *git.Repository, pointerChan c
 	go pipeline.BlobsLessThan1024FromCatFileBatchCheck(catFileCheckReader, shasToBatchWriter, &wg)
 
 	// 1. Run batch-check on all objects in the repository
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.6.0") != nil {
+	if !git.DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.6.0") {
 		revListReader, revListWriter := io.Pipe()
 		shasToCheckReader, shasToCheckWriter := io.Pipe()
 		wg.Add(2)
diff --git a/routers/init.go b/routers/init.go
index 030ef3c740d..56c95cd1cab 100644
--- a/routers/init.go
+++ b/routers/init.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/system"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/templates"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/translation"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web/routing"
 	actions_router "code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/api/actions"
@@ -112,7 +113,10 @@ func InitWebInstallPage(ctx context.Context) {
 // InitWebInstalled is for global installed configuration.
 func InitWebInstalled(ctx context.Context) {
 	mustInitCtx(ctx, git.InitFull)
-	log.Info("Git version: %s (home: %s)", git.VersionInfo(), git.HomeDir())
+	log.Info("Git version: %s (home: %s)", git.DefaultFeatures().VersionInfo(), git.HomeDir())
+	if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportHashSha256 {
+		log.Warn("sha256 hash support is disabled - requires Git >= 2.42." + util.Iif(git.DefaultFeatures().UsingGogit, " Gogit is currently unsupported.", ""))
+	}
 
 	// Setup i18n
 	translation.InitLocales(ctx)
diff --git a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
index 7189fd715ce..0a3c8e2559a 100644
--- a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
+++ b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func HookPreReceive(ctx *gitea_context.PrivateContext) {
 			preReceiveBranch(ourCtx, oldCommitID, newCommitID, refFullName)
 		case refFullName.IsTag():
 			preReceiveTag(ourCtx, refFullName)
-		case git.DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive && refFullName.IsFor():
+		case git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive && refFullName.IsFor():
 			preReceiveFor(ourCtx, refFullName)
 		default:
 			ourCtx.AssertCanWriteCode()
diff --git a/routers/private/hook_proc_receive.go b/routers/private/hook_proc_receive.go
index cee3bbdd121..efb3f5831e4 100644
--- a/routers/private/hook_proc_receive.go
+++ b/routers/private/hook_proc_receive.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // HookProcReceive proc-receive hook - only handles agit Proc-Receive requests at present
 func HookProcReceive(ctx *gitea_context.PrivateContext) {
 	opts := web.GetForm(ctx).(*private.HookOptions)
-	if !git.DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive {
+	if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/routers/private/serv.go b/routers/private/serv.go
index 85368a0aed4..1c309865d7d 100644
--- a/routers/private/serv.go
+++ b/routers/private/serv.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func ServCommand(ctx *context.PrivateContext) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Because of the special ref "refs/for" we will need to delay write permission check
-			if git.DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive && unitType == unit.TypeCode {
+			if git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive && unitType == unit.TypeCode {
 				mode = perm.AccessModeRead
 			}
 
diff --git a/routers/web/admin/config.go b/routers/web/admin/config.go
index 48f80dbbf1c..fd8c73b62d8 100644
--- a/routers/web/admin/config.go
+++ b/routers/web/admin/config.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Config(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["OfflineMode"] = setting.OfflineMode
 	ctx.Data["RunUser"] = setting.RunUser
 	ctx.Data["RunMode"] = util.ToTitleCase(setting.RunMode)
-	ctx.Data["GitVersion"] = git.VersionInfo()
+	ctx.Data["GitVersion"] = git.DefaultFeatures().VersionInfo()
 
 	ctx.Data["AppDataPath"] = setting.AppDataPath
 	ctx.Data["RepoRootPath"] = setting.RepoRootPath
diff --git a/routers/web/misc/misc.go b/routers/web/misc/misc.go
index ac5496ce91a..caaca7f5211 100644
--- a/routers/web/misc/misc.go
+++ b/routers/web/misc/misc.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func SSHInfo(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	if !git.DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive {
+	if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/githttp.go b/routers/web/repo/githttp.go
index 8fb6d930688..f0579b56ea1 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/githttp.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/githttp.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func httpBase(ctx *context.Context) *serviceHandler {
 
 		if repoExist {
 			// Because of special ref "refs/for" .. , need delay write permission check
-			if git.DefaultFeatures.SupportProcReceive {
+			if git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 				accessMode = perm.AccessModeRead
 			}
 
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/repo.go b/routers/web/repo/repo.go
index 4e448933c79..48be1c22968 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/repo.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func Create(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.Data["CanCreateRepo"] = ctx.Doer.CanCreateRepo()
 	ctx.Data["MaxCreationLimit"] = ctx.Doer.MaxCreationLimit()
-	ctx.Data["SupportedObjectFormats"] = git.SupportedObjectFormats
+	ctx.Data["SupportedObjectFormats"] = git.DefaultFeatures().SupportedObjectFormats
 	ctx.Data["DefaultObjectFormat"] = git.Sha1ObjectFormat
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplCreate)
diff --git a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
index d115686491a..3a35d24dfff 100644
--- a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
+++ b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ func GetDiff(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions, fi
 	// so if we are using at least this version of git we don't have to tell ParsePatch to do
 	// the skipping for us
 	parsePatchSkipToFile := opts.SkipTo
-	if opts.SkipTo != "" && git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.31") == nil {
+	if opts.SkipTo != "" && git.DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.31") {
 		cmdDiff.AddOptionFormat("--skip-to=%s", opts.SkipTo)
 		parsePatchSkipToFile = ""
 	}
diff --git a/services/pull/patch.go b/services/pull/patch.go
index 12b79a06253..981bc989fca 100644
--- a/services/pull/patch.go
+++ b/services/pull/patch.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func checkConflicts(ctx context.Context, pr *issues_model.PullRequest, gitRepo *
 		cmdApply.AddArguments("--ignore-whitespace")
 	}
 	is3way := false
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.32.0") == nil {
+	if git.DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.32.0") {
 		cmdApply.AddArguments("--3way")
 		is3way = true
 	}
diff --git a/services/pull/temp_repo.go b/services/pull/temp_repo.go
index 36bdbde55c7..e5753178b89 100644
--- a/services/pull/temp_repo.go
+++ b/services/pull/temp_repo.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func createTemporaryRepoForPR(ctx context.Context, pr *issues_model.PullRequest)
 	baseBranch := "base"
 
 	fetchArgs := git.TrustedCmdArgs{"--no-tags"}
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.25.0") == nil {
+	if git.DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.25.0") {
 		// Writing the commit graph can be slow and is not needed here
 		fetchArgs = append(fetchArgs, "--no-write-commit-graph")
 	}
diff --git a/services/repository/files/patch.go b/services/repository/files/patch.go
index e5f7e2af965..ab0e7ffd36f 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/patch.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/patch.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func ApplyDiffPatch(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, doer *user
 	stderr := &strings.Builder{}
 
 	cmdApply := git.NewCommand(ctx, "apply", "--index", "--recount", "--cached", "--ignore-whitespace", "--whitespace=fix", "--binary")
-	if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.32") == nil {
+	if git.DefaultFeatures().CheckVersionAtLeast("2.32") {
 		cmdApply.AddArguments("-3")
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/git_test.go b/tests/integration/git_test.go
index 8a091ecab72..993a3d6799f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/git_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/git_test.go
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ func doCreateAgitFlowPull(dstPath string, ctx *APITestContext, headBranch string
 		defer tests.PrintCurrentTest(t)()
 
 		// skip this test if git version is low
-		if git.CheckGitVersionAtLeast("2.29") != nil {
+		if !git.DefaultFeatures().SupportProcReceive {
 			return
 		}