int cnt;
        const char *cp;
        struct origin *suspect = ent->suspect;
-       char hex[41];
+       char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
 
-       strcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(suspect->commit->object.sha1));
+       sha1_to_hex_r(hex, suspect->commit->object.sha1);
        printf("%s %d %d %d\n",
               hex,
               ent->s_lno + 1,
        const char *cp;
        struct origin *suspect = ent->suspect;
        struct commit_info ci;
-       char hex[41];
+       char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
        int show_raw_time = !!(opt & OUTPUT_RAW_TIMESTAMP);
 
        get_commit_info(suspect->commit, &ci, 1);
-       strcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(suspect->commit->object.sha1));
+       sha1_to_hex_r(hex, suspect->commit->object.sha1);
 
        cp = nth_line(sb, ent->lno);
        for (cnt = 0; cnt < ent->num_lines; cnt++) {
 
 {
        int found;
        const char *arguments[] = { pgm, "", "", "", path, "", "", "", NULL };
-       char hexbuf[4][60];
+       char hexbuf[4][GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
        char ownbuf[4][60];
 
        if (pos >= active_nr)
                if (strcmp(ce->name, path))
                        break;
                found++;
-               strcpy(hexbuf[stage], sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1));
+               sha1_to_hex_r(hexbuf[stage], ce->sha1);
                xsnprintf(ownbuf[stage], sizeof(ownbuf[stage]), "%o", ce->ce_mode);
                arguments[stage] = hexbuf[stage];
                arguments[stage + 4] = ownbuf[stage];
 
        if (verify_signatures) {
                for (p = remoteheads; p; p = p->next) {
                        struct commit *commit = p->item;
-                       char hex[41];
+                       char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
                        struct signature_check signature_check;
                        memset(&signature_check, 0, sizeof(signature_check));
 
                        check_commit_signature(commit, &signature_check);
 
-                       strcpy(hex, find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+                       find_unique_abbrev_r(hex, commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
                        switch (signature_check.result) {
                        case 'G':
                                break;
                /* Again the most common case of merging one remote. */
                struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
                struct commit *commit;
-               char hex[41];
 
-               strcpy(hex, find_unique_abbrev(head_commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-
-               if (verbosity >= 0)
-                       printf(_("Updating %s..%s\n"),
-                               hex,
-                               find_unique_abbrev(remoteheads->item->object.sha1,
-                               DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+               if (verbosity >= 0) {
+                       char from[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1], to[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+                       find_unique_abbrev_r(from, head_commit->object.sha1,
+                                             DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+                       find_unique_abbrev_r(to, remoteheads->item->object.sha1,
+                                             DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+                       printf(_("Updating %s..%s\n"), from, to);
+               }
                strbuf_addstr(&msg, "Fast-forward");
                if (have_message)
                        strbuf_addstr(&msg,
 
        const char *dst_name;
        struct string_list_item *item;
        struct command *dst_cmd;
-       unsigned char sha1[20];
-       char cmd_oldh[41], cmd_newh[41], dst_oldh[41], dst_newh[41];
+       unsigned char sha1[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ];
+       char cmd_oldh[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1],
+            cmd_newh[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1],
+            dst_oldh[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1],
+            dst_newh[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
        int flag;
 
        strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s%s", get_git_namespace(), cmd->ref_name);
 
        dst_cmd->skip_update = 1;
 
-       strcpy(cmd_oldh, find_unique_abbrev(cmd->old_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-       strcpy(cmd_newh, find_unique_abbrev(cmd->new_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-       strcpy(dst_oldh, find_unique_abbrev(dst_cmd->old_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-       strcpy(dst_newh, find_unique_abbrev(dst_cmd->new_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+       find_unique_abbrev_r(cmd_oldh, cmd->old_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+       find_unique_abbrev_r(cmd_newh, cmd->new_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+       find_unique_abbrev_r(dst_oldh, dst_cmd->old_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+       find_unique_abbrev_r(dst_newh, dst_cmd->new_sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
        rp_error("refusing inconsistent update between symref '%s' (%s..%s) and"
                 " its target '%s' (%s..%s)",
                 cmd->ref_name, cmd_oldh, cmd_newh,
 
 static int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all)
 {
        int cnt, flags = info->flags;
-       char hex[41] = "";
+       char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1] = "";
        struct commit_list *tried;
        struct rev_info *revs = info->revs;
 
                cnt = reaches;
 
        if (revs->commits)
-               strcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(revs->commits->item->object.sha1));
+               sha1_to_hex_r(hex, revs->commits->item->object.sha1);
 
        if (flags & BISECT_SHOW_ALL) {
                traverse_commit_list(revs, show_commit, show_object, info);
 
         */
        const char *name;
 
-       char hex[41];
+       char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
        char mode[10];
 
        /*
                die_errno("unable to write temp-file");
        close_tempfile(&temp->tempfile);
        temp->name = get_tempfile_path(&temp->tempfile);
-       strcpy(temp->hex, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-       temp->hex[40] = 0;
+       sha1_to_hex_r(temp->hex, sha1);
        xsnprintf(temp->mode, sizeof(temp->mode), "%06o", mode);
        strbuf_release(&buf);
        strbuf_release(&template);
                        /* we can borrow from the file in the work tree */
                        temp->name = name;
                        if (!one->sha1_valid)
-                               strcpy(temp->hex, sha1_to_hex(null_sha1));
+                               sha1_to_hex_r(temp->hex, null_sha1);
                        else
-                               strcpy(temp->hex, sha1_to_hex(one->sha1));
+                               sha1_to_hex_r(temp->hex, one->sha1);
                        /* Even though we may sometimes borrow the
                         * contents from the work tree, we always want
                         * one->mode.  mode is trustworthy even when