diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 68d86ed8838066..0313e60fa9c0a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		   [--cruft] [--cruft-expiration=<time>]
 		   [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>]
 		   [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse]
-		   [--path-walk] < <object-list>
+		   [--path-walk] [--full-name-hash] < <object-list>
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 4ec59cd27b171f..bf748c054bba61 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]
 	[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
-	[--write-midx] [--path-walk]
+	[--write-midx] [--path-walk] [--full-name-hash]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ca43b01822ab1..a7d7967d080536 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-lazy-init-name-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-match-trees.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-mergesort.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-mktemp.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-name-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-online-cpus.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-pack-mtimes.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-parse-options.o
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 5d0f1fdd84f4f7..d8ff04ab16b2f6 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static const char *pack_usage[] = {
 	   "                 [--cruft] [--cruft-expiration=<time>]\n"
 	   "                 [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>]\n"
 	   "                 [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse]\n"
-	   "                 [--path-walk] < <object-list>"),
+	   "                 [--path-walk] [--full-name-hash] < <object-list>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ struct configured_exclusion {
 static struct oidmap configured_exclusions;
 
 static struct oidset excluded_by_config;
+static int use_full_name_hash = -1;
+
+static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash_fn(const char *name)
+{
+	if (use_full_name_hash)
+		return pack_full_name_hash(name);
+	return pack_name_hash(name);
+}
 
 /*
  * stats
@@ -1709,7 +1717,7 @@ static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash(name),
+	create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash_fn(name),
 			    exclude, name && no_try_delta(name),
 			    found_pack, found_offset);
 	return 1;
@@ -1923,7 +1931,7 @@ static void add_preferred_base_object(const char *name)
 {
 	struct pbase_tree *it;
 	size_t cmplen;
-	unsigned hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+	unsigned hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 
 	if (!num_preferred_base || check_pbase_path(hash))
 		return;
@@ -3644,7 +3652,7 @@ static void show_object_pack_hint(struct object *object, const char *name,
 	 * here using a now in order to perhaps improve the delta selection
 	 * process.
 	 */
-	oe->hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+	oe->hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 	oe->no_try_delta = name && no_try_delta(name);
 
 	stdin_packs_hints_nr++;
@@ -3794,7 +3802,7 @@ static void add_cruft_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type
 	entry = packlist_find(&to_pack, oid);
 	if (entry) {
 		if (name) {
-			entry->hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+			entry->hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 			entry->no_try_delta = no_try_delta(name);
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -3817,7 +3825,7 @@ static void add_cruft_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type
 			return;
 		}
 
-		entry = create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash(name),
+		entry = create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash_fn(name),
 					    0, name && no_try_delta(name),
 					    pack, offset);
 	}
@@ -4739,6 +4747,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "uri-protocol", &uri_protocols,
 				N_("protocol"),
 				N_("exclude any configured uploadpack.blobpackfileuri with this protocol")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "full-name-hash", &use_full_name_hash,
+			 N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) optimize delta compression across identical path names over time")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -4917,6 +4927,11 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 	if (pack_to_stdout || !rev_list_all)
 		write_bitmap_index = 0;
 
+	if (write_bitmap_index && use_full_name_hash > 0)
+		die(_("currently, the --full-name-hash option is incompatible with --write-bitmap-index"));
+	if (use_full_name_hash < 0)
+		use_full_name_hash = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH", 0);
+
 	if (use_delta_islands)
 		strvec_push(&rp, "--topo-order");
 
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 79f407ca04dff7..6a2deab64466dd 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
 	N_("git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]\n"
 	   "[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]\n"
-	   "[--write-midx] [--path-walk]"),
+	   "[--write-midx] [--path-walk] [--full-name-hash]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct pack_objects_args {
 	int quiet;
 	int local;
 	int path_walk;
+	int full_name_hash;
 	struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options;
 };
 
@@ -311,6 +312,8 @@ static void prepare_pack_objects(struct child_process *cmd,
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--no-reuse-object");
 	if (args->path_walk)
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--path-walk");
+	if (args->full_name_hash)
+		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--full-name-hash");
 	if (args->local)
 		strvec_push(&cmd->args,  "--local");
 	if (args->quiet)
@@ -1210,6 +1213,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-object to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "path-walk", &po_args.path_walk,
 				N_("pass --path-walk to git-pack-objects")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "full-name-hash", &po_args.full_name_hash,
+				N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) pass --full-name-hash to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_NEGBIT('n', NULL, &run_update_server_info,
 				N_("do not run git-update-server-info"), 1),
 		OPT__QUIET(&po_args.quiet, N_("be quiet")),
diff --git a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
index da01ecf761426b..306d65cfdd4bd9 100755
--- a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ linux-TEST-vars)
 	export GIT_TEST_CHECKOUT_WORKERS=2
 	export GIT_TEST_PACK_USE_BITMAP_BOUNDARY_TRAVERSAL=1
 	export GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=1
+	export GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=1
 	;;
 linux-clang)
 	export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH=sha1
diff --git a/pack-objects.h b/pack-objects.h
index bde4ba19755ec9..93f05b62231500 100644
--- a/pack-objects.h
+++ b/pack-objects.h
@@ -219,6 +219,27 @@ static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash(const char *name)
 	return hash;
 }
 
+static inline uint32_t pack_full_name_hash(const char *name)
+{
+	const uint32_t bigp = 1234572167U;
+	uint32_t c, hash = bigp;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do the simplest thing that will resemble pseudo-randomness: add
+	 * random multiples of a large prime number with a binary shift.
+	 * The goal is not to be cryptographic, but to be generally
+	 * uniformly distributed.
+	 */
+	while ((c = *name++) != 0) {
+		hash += c * bigp;
+		hash = (hash >> 5) | (hash << 27);
+	}
+	return hash;
+}
+
 static inline enum object_type oe_type(const struct object_entry *e)
 {
 	return e->type_valid ? e->type_ : OBJ_BAD;
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index bec31955d2d2c8..cb632eaabebfee 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ a test and then fails then the whole test run will abort. This can help to make
 sure the expected tests are executed and not silently skipped when their
 dependency breaks or is simply not present in a new environment.
 
+GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=<boolean>, when true, sets the default name-hash
+function in 'git pack-objects' to be the one used by the --full-name-hash
+option.
+
 Naming Tests
 ------------
 
diff --git a/t/helper/test-name-hash.c b/t/helper/test-name-hash.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e4ecd159b76400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-name-hash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * test-name-hash.c: Read a list of paths over stdin and report on their
+ * name-hash and full name-hash.
+ */
+
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "pack-objects.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+int cmd__name_hash(int argc UNUSED, const char **argv UNUSED)
+{
+	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	while (!strbuf_getline(&line, stdin)) {
+		uint32_t name_hash = pack_name_hash(line.buf);
+		uint32_t full_hash = pack_full_name_hash(line.buf);
+
+		printf("%10"PRIu32"\t%10"PRIu32"\t%s\n", name_hash, full_hash, line.buf);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&line);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index 43676e7b93a43f..208c105753914c 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "match-trees", cmd__match_trees },
 	{ "mergesort", cmd__mergesort },
 	{ "mktemp", cmd__mktemp },
+	{ "name-hash", cmd__name_hash },
 	{ "online-cpus", cmd__online_cpus },
 	{ "pack-mtimes", cmd__pack_mtimes },
 	{ "parse-options", cmd__parse_options },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index 9cfc5da6e57b00..2dc5ec515feea9 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int cmd__lazy_init_name_hash(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__match_trees(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__mergesort(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__mktemp(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__name_hash(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__online_cpus(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pack_mtimes(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/t/perf/p5313-pack-objects.sh b/t/perf/p5313-pack-objects.sh
index b588066ddb00e3..4184154ea8de77 100755
--- a/t/perf/p5313-pack-objects.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p5313-pack-objects.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ test_size 'thin pack size with --path-walk' '
 	test_file_size out
 '
 
+test_perf 'thin pack with --full-name-hash' '
+	git pack-objects --thin --stdout --revs --sparse --full-name-hash <in-thin >out
+'
+
+test_size 'thin pack size with --full-name-hash' '
+	test_file_size out
+'
+
 test_perf 'big pack' '
 	git pack-objects --stdout --no-reuse-delta --revs \
 		--sparse <in-big >out
@@ -56,6 +64,14 @@ test_size 'big pack size with --path-walk' '
 	test_file_size out
 '
 
+test_perf 'big pack with --full-name-hash' '
+	git pack-objects --stdout --revs --sparse --full-name-hash <in-big >out
+'
+
+test_size 'big pack size with --full-name-hash' '
+	test_file_size out
+'
+
 test_perf 'repack' '
 	git repack -adf
 '
@@ -74,4 +90,13 @@ test_size 'repack size with --path-walk' '
 	test_file_size "$pack"
 '
 
+test_perf 'repack with --full-name-hash' '
+	git repack -adf --full-name-hash
+'
+
+test_size 'repack size with --full-name-hash' '
+	pack=$(ls .git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack) &&
+	test_file_size "$pack"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/perf/p5314-name-hash.sh b/t/perf/p5314-name-hash.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..9fe26612facc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p5314-name-hash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Tests pack performance using bitmaps'
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=0
+export GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK
+
+test_perf_large_repo
+
+test_size 'paths at head' '
+	git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD >path-list &&
+	wc -l <path-list
+'
+
+test_size 'number of distinct name-hashes' '
+	cat path-list | test-tool name-hash >name-hashes &&
+	cat name-hashes | awk "{ print \$1; }" | sort -n | uniq -c >name-hash-count &&
+	wc -l <name-hash-count
+'
+
+test_size 'number of distinct full-name-hashes' '
+	cat name-hashes | awk "{ print \$2; }" | sort -n | uniq -c >full-name-hash-count &&
+	wc -l <full-name-hash-count
+'
+
+test_size 'maximum multiplicity of name-hashes' '
+	cat name-hash-count | \
+		sort -nr | \
+		head -n 1 | \
+		awk "{ print \$1; }"
+'
+
+test_size 'maximum multiplicity of fullname-hashes' '
+	cat full-name-hash-count | \
+		sort -nr | \
+		head -n 1 | \
+		awk "{ print \$1; }"
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
index 4f81613eab1c1d..87babc04c4b175 100755
--- a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
+++ b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
@@ -695,4 +695,19 @@ test_expect_success '--path-walk thin pack' '
 	git -C server index-pack --fix-thin --stdin <out.pack
 '
 
+# The following test is not necessarily a permanent choice, but since we do not
+# have a "name hash version" bit in the .bitmap file format, we cannot write the
+# full-name hash values into the .bitmap file without risking breakage later.
+#
+# TODO: Make these compatible in the future and replace this test with the
+# expected behavior when both are specified.
+test_expect_success '--full-name-hash and --write-bitmap-index are incompatible' '
+	test_must_fail git pack-objects base --all \
+		--full-name-hash --write-bitmap-index 2>err &&
+	grep incompatible err &&
+
+	# --stdout option silently removes --write-bitmap-index
+	git pack-objects --stdout --all --full-name-hash --write-bitmap-index >out
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index e8fea2ff582698..6cc738410fa248 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,32 @@ has_any () {
 	grep -Ff "$1" "$2"
 }
 
+# Since name-hash values are stored in the .bitmap files, add a test
+# that checks that the name-hash calculations are stable across versions.
+# Not exhaustive, but these hashing algorithms would be hard to change
+# without causing deviations here.
+test_expect_success 'name-hash value stability' '
+	cat >names <<-\EOF &&
+	first
+	second
+	third
+	one-long-enough-for-collisions
+	two-long-enough-for-collisions
+	EOF
+
+	test-tool name-hash <names >out &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	2582249472	3109209818	first
+	2289942528	3781118409	second
+	2300837888	3028707182	third
+	2544516325	3241327563	one-long-enough-for-collisions
+	2544516325	4207880830	two-long-enough-for-collisions
+	EOF
+
+	test_cmp expect out
+'
+
 test_bitmap_cases () {
 	writeLookupTable=false
 	for i in "$@"
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index dfc8d748ba9a52..cd335586148138 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -1080,7 +1080,12 @@ test_expect_success 'all boundary commits are excluded' '
 	test_tick &&
 	git merge otherside &&
 	ad=$(git log --no-walk --format=%ad HEAD) &&
-	git bundle create twoside-boundary.bdl main --since="$ad" &&
+
+	# If the --full-name-hash function is used here, then no delta
+	# pair is found and the bundle does not expand to three objects
+	# when fixing the thin object.
+	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+		git bundle create twoside-boundary.bdl main --since="$ad" &&
 	test_bundle_object_count --thin twoside-boundary.bdl 3
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 2c2c50e3ff2699..0d04b70d2fe60d 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -516,7 +516,18 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch lazy-fetches only to resolve deltas' '
 	# Exercise to make sure it works. Git will not fetch anything from the
 	# promisor remote other than for the big tree (because it needs to
 	# resolve the delta).
-	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" git -C client \
+	#
+	# TODO: the --full-name-hash option is disabled here, since this test
+	# is fundamentally broken! When GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=1, the server
+	# recognizes delta bases in a different way and then sends a _blob_ to
+	# the client with a delta base that the client does not have! This is
+	# because the client is cloned from "promisor-server" with tree:0 but
+	# is now fetching from "server" withot any filter. This is violating the
+	# promise to the server that all reachable objects exist and could be
+	# used as delta bases!
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" \
+	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+		git -C client \
 		fetch "file://$(pwd)/server" main &&
 
 	# Verify the assumption that the client needed to fetch the delta base
@@ -535,7 +546,18 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch lazy-fetches only to resolve deltas, protocol v2' '
 	# Exercise to make sure it works. Git will not fetch anything from the
 	# promisor remote other than for the big blob (because it needs to
 	# resolve the delta).
-	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" git -C client \
+	#
+	# TODO: the --full-name-hash option is disabled here, since this test
+	# is fundamentally broken! When GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=1, the server
+	# recognizes delta bases in a different way and then sends a _blob_ to
+	# the client with a delta base that the client does not have! This is
+	# because the client is cloned from "promisor-server" with tree:0 but
+	# is now fetching from "server" withot any filter. This is violating the
+	# promise to the server that all reachable objects exist and could be
+	# used as delta bases!
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" \
+	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+		git -C client \
 		fetch "file://$(pwd)/server" main &&
 
 	# Verify that protocol version 2 was used.
diff --git a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
index 34b5cd62c201d9..553a20d10e98ce 100755
--- a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
@@ -247,7 +247,11 @@ test_expect_success 'create bundle with --since option' '
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 
-	git bundle create since.bdl \
+	# If the --full-name-hash option is used, then one fewer
+	# delta base is found and this counts a different number
+	# of objects after performing --fix-thin.
+	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+		git bundle create since.bdl \
 		--since "Thu Apr 7 15:27:00 2005 -0700" \
 		--all &&
 
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index c4c3d1a15d9abc..fc2cc9d37be76d 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -777,6 +777,13 @@ test_expect_success 'repack -ad cleans up old .tmp-* packs' '
 	test_must_be_empty tmpfiles
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--full-name-hash option passes through to pack-objects' '
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/full-trace.txt" \
+		git repack -a --full-name-hash &&
+	test_subcommand_flex git pack-objects --full-name-hash <full-trace.txt
+'
+
+
 test_expect_success 'setup for update-server-info' '
 	git init update-server-info &&
 	test_commit -C update-server-info message
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 78e054ab503a65..860ce3f260ab71 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1886,6 +1886,33 @@ test_subcommand () {
 	fi
 }
 
+
+# Check that the given subcommand was run with the given set of
+# arguments in order (but with possible extra arguments).
+#
+#	test_subcommand_flex [!] <command> <args>... < <trace>
+#
+# If the first parameter passed is !, this instead checks that
+# the given command was not called.
+#
+test_subcommand_flex () {
+	local negate=
+	if test "$1" = "!"
+	then
+		negate=t
+		shift
+	fi
+
+	local expr="$(printf '"%s".*' "$@")"
+
+	if test -n "$negate"
+	then
+		! grep "\[$expr\]"
+	else
+		grep "\[$expr\]"
+	fi
+}
+
 # Check that the given command was invoked as part of the
 # trace2-format trace on stdin.
 #