diff --git a/git-repository/src/create.rs b/git-repository/src/create.rs
index 14050eb79e8..06eaaafd998 100644
--- a/git-repository/src/create.rs
+++ b/git-repository/src/create.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ pub struct Options {
 
 /// Create a new `.git` repository of `kind` within the possibly non-existing `directory`
 /// and return its path.
+/// Note that this is a simple template-based initialization routine which should be accompanied with additional corrections
+/// to respect git configuration, which is accomplished by [its callers][crate::ThreadSafeRepository::init_opts()]
+/// that return a [Repository][crate::Repository].
 pub fn into(
     directory: impl Into<PathBuf>,
     Options { bare, fs_capabilities }: Options,
diff --git a/git-repository/tests/clone/mod.rs b/git-repository/tests/clone/mod.rs
index 4e34c7b6e28..b07e0319457 100644
--- a/git-repository/tests/clone/mod.rs
+++ b/git-repository/tests/clone/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use git_repository as git;
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 
 use crate::remote;
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ fn fetch_and_checkout() -> crate::Result {
     let mut prepare = git::prepare_clone_bare(remote::repo("base").path(), tmp.path())?;
     let (mut checkout, _out) =
         prepare.fetch_then_checkout(git::progress::Discard, &std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::default())?;
-    checkout.main_worktree(git::progress::Discard, &AtomicBool::default())?;
+    checkout.main_worktree(git::progress::Discard, &std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::default())?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plumbing/progress.rs b/src/plumbing/progress.rs
index d41437006b9..71924bb94e0 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/progress.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/progress.rs
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ static GIT_CONFIG: &[Record] = &[
             note: Some("Implements our own 'naive' algorithm, only"),
         },
     },
+    Record {
+        config: "init.defaultBranch",
+        usage: Planned {
+            note: Some("Needed when initializing any git repository"),
+        },
+    },
     Record {
         config: "pack.threads",
         usage: InModule {