diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index 251ec7a80e..784ef5df37 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ PATH =
 ;;
 ;; (Go-Git only) Don't cache objects greater than this in memory. (Set to 0 to disable.)
 ;LARGE_OBJECT_THRESHOLD = 1048576
+;; Set to true to forcibly set core.protectNTFS=false
+;DISABLE_CORE_PROTECT_NTFS=false
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 611a7a887a..42cb29b9aa 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ NB: You must have `DISABLE_ROUTER_LOG` set to `false` for this option to take ef
 - `VERBOSE_PUSH`: **true**: Print status information about pushes as they are being processed.
 - `VERBOSE_PUSH_DELAY`: **5s**: Only print verbose information if push takes longer than this delay.
 - `LARGE_OBJECT_THRESHOLD`: **1048576**: (Go-Git only), don't cache objects greater than this in memory. (Set to 0 to disable.)
+- `DISABLE_CORE_PROTECT_NTFS`: **false** Set to true to forcibly set `core.protectNTFS` to false.
 ## Git - Timeout settings (`git.timeout`)
 - `DEFAUlT`: **360**: Git operations default timeout seconds.
 - `MIGRATE`: **600**: Migrate external repositories timeout seconds.
diff --git a/modules/git/git.go b/modules/git/git.go
index ef6ec0c2bf..d8f4cdd239 100644
--- a/modules/git/git.go
+++ b/modules/git/git.go
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ func Init(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if setting.Git.DisableCoreProtectNTFS {
+		if err := checkAndSetConfig("core.protectntfs", "false", true); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		GlobalCommandArgs = append(GlobalCommandArgs, "-c", "core.protectntfs=false")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/setting/git.go b/modules/setting/git.go
index aa838a8d64..aaa65ed81c 100644
--- a/modules/setting/git.go
+++ b/modules/setting/git.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 		EnableAutoGitWireProtocol bool
 		PullRequestPushMessage    bool
 		LargeObjectThreshold      int64
+		DisableCoreProtectNTFS    bool
 		Timeout                   struct {
 			Default int
 			Migrate int