diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index 4b5c49b93d..f93ca6a486 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int bundle_uri_parse_config_format(const char *uri,
 				   struct bundle_list *list)
 {
 	int result;
-	struct config_options opts = {
+	struct config_parse_options opts = {
 		.error_action = CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR,
 	};
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index ca77ca17a4..dc6cda03aa 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ static int get_base_var(struct config_source *cs, struct strbuf *name)
 struct parse_event_data {
 	enum config_event_t previous_type;
 	size_t previous_offset;
-	const struct config_options *opts;
+	const struct config_parse_options *opts;
 };
 
 static int do_event(struct config_source *cs, enum config_event_t type,
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static void kvi_from_source(struct config_source *cs,
 
 static int git_parse_source(struct config_source *cs, config_fn_t fn,
 			    struct key_value_info *kvi, void *data,
-			    const struct config_options *opts)
+			    const struct config_parse_options *opts)
 {
 	int comment = 0;
 	size_t baselen = 0;
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
  */
 static int do_config_from(struct config_source *top, config_fn_t fn,
 			  void *data, enum config_scope scope,
-			  const struct config_options *opts)
+			  const struct config_parse_options *opts)
 {
 	struct key_value_info kvi = KVI_INIT;
 	int ret;
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ static int do_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn,
 			       const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
 			       const char *name, const char *path, FILE *f,
 			       void *data, enum config_scope scope,
-			       const struct config_options *opts)
+			       const struct config_parse_options *opts)
 {
 	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
 	int ret;
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ static int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data,
 
 int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename,
 				      void *data, enum config_scope scope,
-				      const struct config_options *opts)
+				      const struct config_parse_options *opts)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 	FILE *f;
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
 			const enum config_origin_type origin_type,
 			const char *name, const char *buf, size_t len,
 			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
-			const struct config_options *opts)
+			const struct config_parse_options *opts)
 {
 	struct config_source top = CONFIG_SOURCE_INIT;
 
@@ -3380,7 +3380,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 		struct stat st;
 		size_t copy_begin, copy_end;
 		int i, new_line = 0;
-		struct config_options opts;
+		struct config_parse_options opts;
 
 		if (!value_pattern)
 			store.value_pattern = NULL;
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 40966cb682..b13586307d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ typedef int (*config_parser_event_fn_t)(enum config_event_t type,
 					struct config_source *cs,
 					void *event_fn_data);
 
+struct config_parse_options {
+	enum config_error_action {
+		CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET = 0, /* use source-specific default */
+		CONFIG_ERROR_DIE, /* die() on error */
+		CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR, /* error() on error, return -1 */
+		CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT, /* return -1 */
+	} error_action;
+	/*
+	 * event_fn and event_fn_data are for internal use only. Handles events
+	 * emitted by the config parser.
+	 */
+	config_parser_event_fn_t event_fn;
+	void *event_fn_data;
+};
+
 struct config_options {
 	unsigned int respect_includes : 1;
 	unsigned int ignore_repo : 1;
@@ -92,6 +107,9 @@ struct config_options {
 	unsigned int ignore_cmdline : 1;
 	unsigned int system_gently : 1;
 
+	const char *commondir;
+	const char *git_dir;
+	struct config_parse_options parse_options;
 	/*
 	 * For internal use. Include all includeif.hasremoteurl paths without
 	 * checking if the repo has that remote URL, and when doing so, verify
@@ -99,21 +117,6 @@ struct config_options {
 	 * themselves.
 	 */
 	unsigned int unconditional_remote_url : 1;
-
-	const char *commondir;
-	const char *git_dir;
-	/*
-	 * event_fn and event_fn_data are for internal use only. Handles events
-	 * emitted by the config parser.
-	 */
-	config_parser_event_fn_t event_fn;
-	void *event_fn_data;
-	enum config_error_action {
-		CONFIG_ERROR_UNSET = 0, /* use source-specific default */
-		CONFIG_ERROR_DIE, /* die() on error */
-		CONFIG_ERROR_ERROR, /* error() on error, return -1 */
-		CONFIG_ERROR_SILENT, /* return -1 */
-	} error_action;
 };
 
 /* Config source metadata for a given config key-value pair */
@@ -178,13 +181,13 @@ int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *, void *);
 
 int git_config_from_file_with_options(config_fn_t fn, const char *,
 				      void *, enum config_scope,
-				      const struct config_options *);
+				      const struct config_parse_options *);
 int git_config_from_mem(config_fn_t fn,
 			const enum config_origin_type,
 			const char *name,
 			const char *buf, size_t len,
 			void *data, enum config_scope scope,
-			const struct config_options *opts);
+			const struct config_parse_options *opts);
 int git_config_from_blob_oid(config_fn_t fn, const char *name,
 			     struct repository *repo,
 			     const struct object_id *oid, void *data,
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 3be86616c5..522ee1c18a 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static int fsck_blob(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buf,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (oidset_contains(&options->gitmodules_found, oid)) {
-		struct config_options config_opts = { 0 };
+		struct config_parse_options config_opts = { 0 };
 		struct fsck_gitmodules_data data;
 
 		oidset_insert(&options->gitmodules_done, oid);
