diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 6687a495ff..6ef6ac4c2e 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -193,14 +193,16 @@ static const char * const builtin_checkout_index_usage[] = {
 static int option_parse_stage(const struct option *opt,
 			      const char *arg, int unset)
 {
+	int *stage = opt->value;
+
 	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
 
 	if (!strcmp(arg, "all")) {
-		checkout_stage = CHECKOUT_ALL;
+		*stage = CHECKOUT_ALL;
 	} else {
 		int ch = arg[0];
 		if ('1' <= ch && ch <= '3')
-			checkout_stage = arg[0] - '0';
+			*stage = arg[0] - '0';
 		else
 			die(_("stage should be between 1 and 3 or all"));
 	}
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			N_("write the content to temporary files")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &state.base_dir, N_("string"),
 			N_("when creating files, prepend <string>")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "stage", NULL, "(1|2|3|all)",
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "stage", &checkout_stage, "(1|2|3|all)",
 			N_("copy out the files from named stage"),
 			PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_stage),
 		OPT_END()
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index b28a4a1f82..718b5c3073 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -561,9 +561,11 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 static int option_parse_exact_match(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 				    int unset)
 {
+	int *val = opt->value;
+
 	BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
 
-	max_candidates = unset ? DEFAULT_CANDIDATES : 0;
+	*val = unset ? DEFAULT_CANDIDATES : 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -578,7 +580,7 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "long",       &longformat, N_("always use long format")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "first-parent", &first_parent, N_("only follow first parent")),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "exact-match", NULL, NULL,
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "exact-match", &max_candidates, NULL,
 			       N_("only output exact matches"),
 			       PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_exact_match),
 		OPT_INTEGER(0, "candidates", &max_candidates,
diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 56dc69fac1..70aff515ac 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ static const char *fast_export_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static int progress;
-static enum { SIGNED_TAG_ABORT, VERBATIM, WARN, WARN_STRIP, STRIP } signed_tag_mode = SIGNED_TAG_ABORT;
-static enum { TAG_FILTERING_ABORT, DROP, REWRITE } tag_of_filtered_mode = TAG_FILTERING_ABORT;
-static enum { REENCODE_ABORT, REENCODE_YES, REENCODE_NO } reencode_mode = REENCODE_ABORT;
+static enum signed_tag_mode { SIGNED_TAG_ABORT, VERBATIM, WARN, WARN_STRIP, STRIP } signed_tag_mode = SIGNED_TAG_ABORT;
+static enum tag_of_filtered_mode { TAG_FILTERING_ABORT, DROP, REWRITE } tag_of_filtered_mode = TAG_FILTERING_ABORT;
+static enum reencode_mode { REENCODE_ABORT, REENCODE_YES, REENCODE_NO } reencode_mode = REENCODE_ABORT;
 static int fake_missing_tagger;
 static int use_done_feature;
 static int no_data;
@@ -53,16 +53,18 @@ static struct revision_sources revision_sources;
 static int parse_opt_signed_tag_mode(const struct option *opt,
 				     const char *arg, int unset)
 {
+	enum signed_tag_mode *val = opt->value;
+
 	if (unset || !strcmp(arg, "abort"))
-		signed_tag_mode = SIGNED_TAG_ABORT;
+		*val = SIGNED_TAG_ABORT;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "verbatim") || !strcmp(arg, "ignore"))
-		signed_tag_mode = VERBATIM;
+		*val = VERBATIM;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "warn"))
-		signed_tag_mode = WARN;
+		*val = WARN;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "warn-strip"))
-		signed_tag_mode = WARN_STRIP;
+		*val = WARN_STRIP;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "strip"))
-		signed_tag_mode = STRIP;
+		*val = STRIP;
 	else
 		return error("Unknown signed-tags mode: %s", arg);
 	return 0;
@@ -71,12 +73,14 @@ static int parse_opt_signed_tag_mode(const struct option *opt,
 static int parse_opt_tag_of_filtered_mode(const struct option *opt,
 					  const char *arg, int unset)
 {
+	enum tag_of_filtered_mode *val = opt->value;
+
 	if (unset || !strcmp(arg, "abort"))
-		tag_of_filtered_mode = TAG_FILTERING_ABORT;
+		*val = TAG_FILTERING_ABORT;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "drop"))
-		tag_of_filtered_mode = DROP;
+		*val = DROP;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "rewrite"))
-		tag_of_filtered_mode = REWRITE;
+		*val = REWRITE;
 	else
 		return error("Unknown tag-of-filtered mode: %s", arg);
 	return 0;
@@ -85,21 +89,23 @@ static int parse_opt_tag_of_filtered_mode(const struct option *opt,
 static int parse_opt_reencode_mode(const struct option *opt,
 				   const char *arg, int unset)
 {
+	enum reencode_mode *val = opt->value;
+
 	if (unset) {
-		reencode_mode = REENCODE_ABORT;
+		*val = REENCODE_ABORT;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	switch (git_parse_maybe_bool(arg)) {
 	case 0:
-		reencode_mode = REENCODE_NO;
+		*val = REENCODE_NO;
 		break;
 	case 1:
-		reencode_mode = REENCODE_YES;
+		*val = REENCODE_YES;
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (!strcasecmp(arg, "abort"))
-			reencode_mode = REENCODE_ABORT;
+			*val = REENCODE_ABORT;
 		else
 			return error("Unknown reencoding mode: %s", arg);
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 8f93529505..fd134ba74d 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int parse_refmap_arg(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset
 	 * "git fetch --refmap='' origin foo"
 	 * can be used to tell the command not to store anywhere
 	 */
-	refspec_append(&refmap, arg);
+	refspec_append(opt->value, arg);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN, option_fetch_parse_recurse_submodules),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "update-shallow", &update_shallow,
 			 N_("accept refs that update .git/shallow")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "refmap", NULL, N_("refmap"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "refmap", &refmap, N_("refmap"),
 			       N_("specify fetch refmap"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_refmap_arg),
 		OPT_STRING_LIST('o', "server-option", &server_options, N_("server-specific"), N_("option to transmit")),
 		OPT_IPVERSION(&family),
diff --git a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
index c5e8345265..6aadce6a1e 100644
--- a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
+++ b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ static enum trailer_if_missing if_missing;
 static int option_parse_where(const struct option *opt,
 			      const char *arg, int unset)
 {
-	return trailer_set_where(&where, arg);
+	return trailer_set_where(opt->value, arg);
 }
 
 static int option_parse_if_exists(const struct option *opt,
 				  const char *arg, int unset)
 {
-	return trailer_set_if_exists(&if_exists, arg);
+	return trailer_set_if_exists(opt->value, arg);
 }
 
 static int option_parse_if_missing(const struct option *opt,
 				   const char *arg, int unset)
 {
-	return trailer_set_if_missing(&if_missing, arg);
+	return trailer_set_if_missing(opt->value, arg);
 }
 
 static void new_trailers_clear(struct list_head *trailers)
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ int cmd_interpret_trailers(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "in-place", &opts.in_place, N_("edit files in place")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "trim-empty", &opts.trim_empty, N_("trim empty trailers")),
 
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "where", NULL, N_("action"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "where", &where, N_("action"),
 			     N_("where to place the new trailer"), option_parse_where),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "if-exists", NULL, N_("action"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "if-exists", &if_exists, N_("action"),
 			     N_("action if trailer already exists"), option_parse_if_exists),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "if-missing", NULL, N_("action"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "if-missing", &if_missing, N_("action"),
 			     N_("action if trailer is missing"), option_parse_if_missing),
 
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "only-trailers", &opts.only_trailers, N_("output only the trailers")),
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index d2a162d528..492372ee5d 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -4120,29 +4120,32 @@ static void add_extra_kept_packs(const struct string_list *names)
 static int option_parse_quiet(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 			      int unset)
 {
+	int *val = opt->value;
+
 	BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
 
 	if (!unset)
-		progress = 0;
-	else if (!progress)
-		progress = 1;
+		*val = 0;
+	else if (!*val)
+		*val = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int option_parse_index_version(const struct option *opt,
 				      const char *arg, int unset)
 {
+	struct pack_idx_option *popts = opt->value;
 	char *c;
 	const char *val = arg;
 
 	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
 
-	pack_idx_opts.version = strtoul(val, &c, 10);
-	if (pack_idx_opts.version > 2)
+	popts->version = strtoul(val, &c, 10);
+	if (popts->version > 2)
 		die(_("unsupported index version %s"), val);
 	if (*c == ',' && c[1])
-		pack_idx_opts.off32_limit = strtoul(c+1, &c, 0);
-	if (*c || pack_idx_opts.off32_limit & 0x80000000)
+		popts->off32_limit = strtoul(c+1, &c, 0);
+	if (*c || popts->off32_limit & 0x80000000)
 		die(_("bad index version '%s'"), val);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4190,7 +4193,7 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT;
 
 	struct option pack_objects_options[] = {
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F('q', "quiet", NULL, NULL,
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F('q', "quiet", &progress, NULL,
 			       N_("do not show progress meter"),
 			       PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_quiet),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "progress", &progress,
@@ -4200,7 +4203,7 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "all-progress-implied",
 			 &all_progress_implied,
 			 N_("similar to --all-progress when progress meter is shown")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "index-version", NULL, N_("<version>[,<offset>]"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "index-version", &pack_idx_opts, N_("<version>[,<offset>]"),
 		  N_("write the pack index file in the specified idx format version"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_index_version),
 		OPT_MAGNITUDE(0, "max-pack-size", &pack_size_limit,
