diff --git a/modules/context/api.go b/modules/context/api.go
index 7557a5f435..fafd49fd42 100644
--- a/modules/context/api.go
+++ b/modules/context/api.go
@@ -309,12 +309,6 @@ func RepoRefForAPI(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			return
 		}
 
-		objectFormat, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetCommit", err)
-			return
-		}
-
 		if ref := ctx.FormTrim("ref"); len(ref) > 0 {
 			commit, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetCommit(ref)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -333,6 +327,7 @@ func RepoRefForAPI(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		}
 
 		refName := getRefName(ctx.Base, ctx.Repo, RepoRefAny)
+		var err error
 
 		if ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsBranchExist(refName) {
 			ctx.Repo.Commit, err = ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetBranchCommit(refName)
@@ -348,7 +343,7 @@ func RepoRefForAPI(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 				return
 			}
 			ctx.Repo.CommitID = ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String()
-		} else if len(refName) == objectFormat.FullLength() {
+		} else if len(refName) == ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat().FullLength() {
 			ctx.Repo.CommitID = refName
 			ctx.Repo.Commit, err = ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetCommit(refName)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/context/repo.go b/modules/context/repo.go
index 490d798d50..e8ed1134fe 100644
--- a/modules/context/repo.go
+++ b/modules/context/repo.go
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ func (r *Repository) CanCreateBranch() bool {
 	return r.Permission.CanWrite(unit_model.TypeCode) && r.Repository.CanCreateBranch()
 }
 
+func (r *Repository) GetObjectFormat() git.ObjectFormat {
+	return git.ObjectFormatFromName(r.Repository.ObjectFormatName)
+}
+
 // RepoMustNotBeArchived checks if a repo is archived
 func RepoMustNotBeArchived() func(ctx *Context) {
 	return func(ctx *Context) {
@@ -831,9 +835,8 @@ func getRefName(ctx *Base, repo *Repository, pathType RepoRefType) string {
 		}
 		// For legacy and API support only full commit sha
 		parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
-		objectFormat, _ := repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
 
-		if len(parts) > 0 && len(parts[0]) == objectFormat.FullLength() {
+		if len(parts) > 0 && len(parts[0]) == git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.Repository.ObjectFormatName).FullLength() {
 			repo.TreePath = strings.Join(parts[1:], "/")
 			return parts[0]
 		}
@@ -877,9 +880,8 @@ func getRefName(ctx *Base, repo *Repository, pathType RepoRefType) string {
 		return getRefNameFromPath(ctx, repo, path, repo.GitRepo.IsTagExist)
 	case RepoRefCommit:
 		parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
-		objectFormat, _ := repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
 
-		if len(parts) > 0 && len(parts[0]) >= 7 && len(parts[0]) <= objectFormat.FullLength() {
+		if len(parts) > 0 && len(parts[0]) >= 7 && len(parts[0]) <= repo.GetObjectFormat().FullLength() {
 			repo.TreePath = strings.Join(parts[1:], "/")
 			return parts[0]
 		}
@@ -938,12 +940,6 @@ func RepoRefByType(refType RepoRefType, ignoreNotExistErr ...bool) func(*Context
 			}
 		}
 
-		objectFormat, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("Cannot determine objectFormat for repository: %w", err)
-			ctx.Repo.Repository.MarkAsBrokenEmpty()
-		}
-
 		// Get default branch.
 		if len(ctx.Params("*")) == 0 {
 			refName = ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
@@ -1010,7 +1006,7 @@ func RepoRefByType(refType RepoRefType, ignoreNotExistErr ...bool) func(*Context
 					return cancel
 				}
 				ctx.Repo.CommitID = ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String()
-			} else if len(refName) >= 7 && len(refName) <= objectFormat.FullLength() {
+			} else if len(refName) >= 7 && len(refName) <= ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat().FullLength() {
 				ctx.Repo.IsViewCommit = true
 				ctx.Repo.CommitID = refName
 
@@ -1020,7 +1016,7 @@ func RepoRefByType(refType RepoRefType, ignoreNotExistErr ...bool) func(*Context
 					return cancel
 				}
 				// If short commit ID add canonical link header
-				if len(refName) < objectFormat.FullLength() {
+				if len(refName) < ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat().FullLength() {
 					ctx.RespHeader().Set("Link", fmt.Sprintf("<%s>; rel=\"canonical\"",
 						util.URLJoin(setting.AppURL, strings.Replace(ctx.Req.URL.RequestURI(), util.PathEscapeSegments(refName), url.PathEscape(ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String()), 1))))
 				}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/utils/git.go b/routers/api/v1/utils/git.go
index 2299cdc247..5e80190017 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/utils/git.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/utils/git.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func searchRefCommitByType(ctx *context.APIContext, refType, filter string) (str
 
 // ConvertToObjectID returns a full-length SHA1 from a potential ID string
 func ConvertToObjectID(ctx gocontext.Context, repo *context.Repository, commitID string) (git.ObjectID, error) {
-	objectFormat, _ := repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	objectFormat := repo.GetObjectFormat()
 	if len(commitID) == objectFormat.FullLength() && objectFormat.IsValid(commitID) {
 		sha, err := git.NewIDFromString(commitID)
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
index 90d8287f06..f28ae4c0eb 100644
--- a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
+++ b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func preReceiveBranch(ctx *preReceiveContext, oldCommitID, newCommitID string, r
 
 	repo := ctx.Repo.Repository
 	gitRepo := ctx.Repo.GitRepo
-	objectFormat, _ := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	objectFormat := ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat()
 
 	if branchName == repo.DefaultBranch && newCommitID == objectFormat.EmptyObjectID().String() {
 		log.Warn("Forbidden: Branch: %s is the default branch in %-v and cannot be deleted", branchName, repo)
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/blame.go b/routers/web/repo/blame.go
index 49443162e4..2c938dc966 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/blame.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/blame.go
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ type blameResult struct {
 
 func performBlame(ctx *context.Context, commit *git.Commit, file string, bypassBlameIgnore bool) (*blameResult, error) {
 	repoPath := ctx.Repo.Repository.RepoPath()
-	objectFormat, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	objectFormat := ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat()
 
 	blameReader, err := git.CreateBlameReader(ctx, objectFormat, repoPath, commit, file, bypassBlameIgnore)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/compare.go b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
index df41c750de..535487d5fd 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/compare.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
@@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 	baseIsCommit := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsCommitExist(ci.BaseBranch)
 	baseIsBranch := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsBranchExist(ci.BaseBranch)
 	baseIsTag := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsTagExist(ci.BaseBranch)
-	objectFormat, _ := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+
 	if !baseIsCommit && !baseIsBranch && !baseIsTag {
 		// Check if baseBranch is short sha commit hash
 		if baseCommit, _ := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetCommit(ci.BaseBranch); baseCommit != nil {
 			ci.BaseBranch = baseCommit.ID.String()
 			ctx.Data["BaseBranch"] = ci.BaseBranch
 			baseIsCommit = true
-		} else if ci.BaseBranch == objectFormat.EmptyObjectID().String() {
+		} else if ci.BaseBranch == ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat().EmptyObjectID().String() {
 			if isSameRepo {
 				ctx.Redirect(ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/compare/" + util.PathEscapeSegments(ci.HeadBranch))
 			} else {
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/setting/lfs.go b/routers/web/repo/setting/lfs.go
index e360ae2b8c..53e7b22d1b 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/setting/lfs.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/setting/lfs.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func LFSFileFind(ctx *context.Context) {
 	sha := ctx.FormString("sha")
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = oid
 	ctx.Data["PageIsSettingsLFS"] = true
-	objectFormat, _ := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	objectFormat := ctx.Repo.GetObjectFormat()
 	var objectID git.ObjectID
 	if len(sha) == 0 {
 		pointer := lfs.Pointer{Oid: oid, Size: size}
diff --git a/services/agit/agit.go b/services/agit/agit.go
index 4c970ee78a..e46a5771e1 100644
--- a/services/agit/agit.go
+++ b/services/agit/agit.go
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ func ProcReceive(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, gitRepo *git.
 	title, hasTitle := opts.GitPushOptions["title"]
 	description, hasDesc := opts.GitPushOptions["description"]
 
-	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get object format of the repository: %w", err)
-	}
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
 
 	pusher, err := user_model.GetUserByID(ctx, opts.UserID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/services/migrations/gitea_uploader.go b/services/migrations/gitea_uploader.go
index ebb1313c2b..7920c07056 100644
--- a/services/migrations/gitea_uploader.go
+++ b/services/migrations/gitea_uploader.go
@@ -140,8 +140,18 @@ func (g *GiteaLocalUploader) CreateRepo(repo *base.Repository, opts base.Migrate
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	g.gitRepo, err = gitrepo.OpenRepository(g.ctx, r)
-	return err
+	g.gitRepo, err = gitrepo.OpenRepository(g.ctx, g.repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// detect object format from git repository and update to database
+	objectFormat, err := g.gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	g.repo.ObjectFormatName = objectFormat.Name()
+	return repo_model.UpdateRepositoryCols(g.ctx, g.repo, "object_format_name")
 }
 
 // Close closes this uploader
@@ -901,7 +911,7 @@ func (g *GiteaLocalUploader) CreateReviews(reviews ...*base.Review) error {
 				comment.UpdatedAt = comment.CreatedAt
 			}
 
-			objectFormat, _ := g.gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+			objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(g.repo.ObjectFormatName)
 			if !objectFormat.IsValid(comment.CommitID) {
 				log.Warn("Invalid comment CommitID[%s] on comment[%d] in PR #%d of %s/%s replaced with %s", comment.CommitID, pr.Index, g.repoOwner, g.repoName, headCommitID)
 				comment.CommitID = headCommitID
diff --git a/services/pull/check.go b/services/pull/check.go
index dd6c3ed230..f4dd332b14 100644
--- a/services/pull/check.go
+++ b/services/pull/check.go
@@ -222,10 +222,7 @@ func getMergeCommit(ctx context.Context, pr *issues_model.PullRequest) (*git.Com
 	}
 	defer gitRepo.Close()
 
-	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%-v GetObjectFormat: %w", pr.BaseRepo, err)
-	}
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(pr.BaseRepo.ObjectFormatName)
 
 	// Get the commit from BaseBranch where the pull request got merged
 	mergeCommit, _, err := git.NewCommand(ctx, "rev-list", "--ancestry-path", "--merges", "--reverse").
diff --git a/services/pull/merge.go b/services/pull/merge.go
index f09067996c..2112108d45 100644
--- a/services/pull/merge.go
+++ b/services/pull/merge.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func MergedManually(ctx context.Context, pr *issues_model.PullRequest, doer *use
 			return models.ErrInvalidMergeStyle{ID: pr.BaseRepo.ID, Style: repo_model.MergeStyleManuallyMerged}
 		}
 
-		objectFormat, _ := baseGitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+		objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(pr.BaseRepo.ObjectFormatName)
 		if len(commitID) != objectFormat.FullLength() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Wrong commit ID")
 		}
diff --git a/services/release/release.go b/services/release/release.go
index 4c522c18be..a359e5078e 100644
--- a/services/release/release.go
+++ b/services/release/release.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func createTag(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, rel *repo_model.Rel
 			created = true
 			rel.LowerTagName = strings.ToLower(rel.TagName)
 
-			objectFormat, _ := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+			objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(rel.Repo.ObjectFormatName)
 			commits := repository.NewPushCommits()
 			commits.HeadCommit = repository.CommitToPushCommit(commit)
 			commits.CompareURL = rel.Repo.ComposeCompareURL(objectFormat.EmptyObjectID().String(), commit.ID.String())
diff --git a/services/repository/branch.go b/services/repository/branch.go
index 6add9422f4..39be3984ae 100644
--- a/services/repository/branch.go
+++ b/services/repository/branch.go
@@ -369,11 +369,6 @@ func DeleteBranch(ctx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, repo *repo_model.R
 		return fmt.Errorf("GetBranch: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if rawBranch.IsDeleted {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -395,6 +390,8 @@ func DeleteBranch(ctx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, repo *repo_model.R
 		return err
 	}
 
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
+
 	// Don't return error below this
 	if err := PushUpdate(
 		&repo_module.PushUpdateOptions{
diff --git a/services/repository/files/commit.go b/services/repository/files/commit.go
index 16a15e06a7..512aec7c81 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/commit.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/commit.go
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ func CreateCommitStatus(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, creato
 	}
 	defer closer.Close()
 
-	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("GetObjectFormat[%s]: %w", repoPath, err)
-	}
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
+
 	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(sha)
 	if err != nil {
 		gitRepo.Close()
diff --git a/services/repository/files/tree.go b/services/repository/files/tree.go
index 9d3185c3fc..e3a7f3b8b0 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/tree.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/tree.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func GetTreeBySHA(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, gitRepo *git
 	}
 	apiURL := repo.APIURL()
 	apiURLLen := len(apiURL)
-	objectFormat, _ := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
 	hashLen := objectFormat.FullLength()
 
 	const gitBlobsPath = "/git/blobs/"
diff --git a/services/repository/lfs.go b/services/repository/lfs.go
index 4504f796bd..4d48881b87 100644
--- a/services/repository/lfs.go
+++ b/services/repository/lfs.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjectsForRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.R
 
 	store := lfs.NewContentStore()
 	errStop := errors.New("STOPERR")
-	objectFormat, _ := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
 
 	err = git_model.IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepo(ctx, repo.ID, func(ctx context.Context, metaObject *git_model.LFSMetaObject, count int64) error {
 		if opts.NumberToCheckPerRepo > 0 && total > opts.NumberToCheckPerRepo {
diff --git a/services/repository/push.go b/services/repository/push.go
index 5e2853b27d..bb080e30cc 100644
--- a/services/repository/push.go
+++ b/services/repository/push.go
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ func pushUpdates(optsList []*repo_module.PushUpdateOptions) error {
 	}
 	defer gitRepo.Close()
 
-	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown repository ObjectFormat [%s]: %w", repo.FullName(), err)
-	}
-
 	if err = repo_module.UpdateRepoSize(ctx, repo); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to update size for repository: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -105,6 +100,7 @@ func pushUpdates(optsList []*repo_module.PushUpdateOptions) error {
 	addTags := make([]string, 0, len(optsList))
 	delTags := make([]string, 0, len(optsList))
 	var pusher *user_model.User
+	objectFormat := git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.ObjectFormatName)
 
 	for _, opts := range optsList {
 		log.Trace("pushUpdates: %-v %s %s %s", repo, opts.OldCommitID, opts.NewCommitID, opts.RefFullName)