diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index 8ca1764..17405c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@
 With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the
 paths changed between a commit and its first parent. This operation can
 take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains
-for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`.
+for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. If
+this option is given, future commit-graph writes will automatically assume
+that this option was intended. Use `--no-changed-paths` to stop storing this
+data.
 +
 With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
 chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index 6a7f2f2..1a57322 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 	struct diff_options diffopt;
 	int max_changes = 512;
 
-	if (bloom_filters.slab_size == 0)
+	if (!bloom_filters.slab_size)
 		return NULL;
 
 	filter = bloom_filter_slab_at(&bloom_filters, c);
@@ -195,16 +195,14 @@
 	if (!filter->data) {
 		load_commit_graph_info(r, c);
 		if (commit_graph_position(c) != COMMIT_NOT_FROM_GRAPH &&
-			r->objects->commit_graph->chunk_bloom_indexes) {
-			if (load_bloom_filter_from_graph(r->objects->commit_graph, filter, c))
-				return filter;
-			else
-				return NULL;
-		}
+			r->objects->commit_graph->chunk_bloom_indexes)
+			load_bloom_filter_from_graph(r->objects->commit_graph, filter, c);
 	}
 
-	if (filter->data || !compute_if_not_present)
+	if (filter->data)
 		return filter;
+	if (!compute_if_not_present)
+		return NULL;
 
 	repo_diff_setup(r, &diffopt);
 	diffopt.flags.recursive = 1;
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index 16c9f61..523501f 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
 	};
 
 	opts.progress = isatty(2);
+	opts.enable_changed_paths = -1;
 	split_opts.size_multiple = 2;
 	split_opts.max_commits = 0;
 	split_opts.expire_time = 0;
@@ -221,7 +222,9 @@
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT;
 	if (opts.progress)
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS;
-	if (opts.enable_changed_paths ||
+	if (!opts.enable_changed_paths)
+		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_NO_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS;
+	if (opts.enable_changed_paths == 1 ||
 	    git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS, 0))
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS;
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 1f37097..e51c91d 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "bloom.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
+#include "json-writer.h"
+#include "trace2.h"
 
 void git_test_write_commit_graph_or_die(void)
 {
@@ -617,10 +619,6 @@
 		return !!r->objects->commit_graph;
 	r->objects->commit_graph_attempted = 1;
 
-	if (git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD, 0))
-		die("dying as requested by the '%s' variable on commit-graph load!",
-		    GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD);
-
 	prepare_repo_settings(r);
 
 	if (!git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH, 0) &&
@@ -849,6 +847,14 @@
 
 int parse_commit_in_graph(struct repository *r, struct commit *item)
 {
+	static int checked_env = 0;
+
+	if (!checked_env &&
+	    git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_PARSE, 0))
+		die("dying as requested by the '%s' variable on commit-graph parse!",
+		    GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_PARSE);
+	checked_env = 1;
+
 	if (!prepare_commit_graph(r))
 		return 0;
 	return parse_commit_in_graph_one(r, r->objects->commit_graph, item);
@@ -941,10 +947,11 @@
 
 	const struct split_commit_graph_opts *split_opts;
 	size_t total_bloom_filter_data_size;
+	const struct bloom_filter_settings *bloom_settings;
 };
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_fanout(struct hashfile *f,
-				     struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+static int write_graph_chunk_fanout(struct hashfile *f,
+				    struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	int i, count = 0;
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
@@ -965,17 +972,21 @@
 
 		hashwrite_be32(f, count);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_oids(struct hashfile *f, int hash_len,
-				   struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+static int write_graph_chunk_oids(struct hashfile *f,
+				  struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
 	int count;
 	for (count = 0; count < ctx->commits.nr; count++, list++) {
 		display_progress(ctx->progress, ++ctx->progress_cnt);
-		hashwrite(f, (*list)->object.oid.hash, (int)hash_len);
+		hashwrite(f, (*list)->object.oid.hash, the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const unsigned char *commit_to_sha1(size_t index, void *table)
@@ -984,8 +995,8 @@
 	return commits[index]->object.oid.hash;
 }
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_data(struct hashfile *f, int hash_len,
-				   struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+static int write_graph_chunk_data(struct hashfile *f,
+				  struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
 	struct commit **last = ctx->commits.list + ctx->commits.nr;
@@ -1002,7 +1013,7 @@
 			die(_("unable to parse commit %s"),
 				oid_to_hex(&(*list)->object.oid));
 		tree = get_commit_tree_oid(*list);
-		hashwrite(f, tree->hash, hash_len);
+		hashwrite(f, tree->hash, the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 
 		parent = (*list)->parents;
 
@@ -1082,10 +1093,12 @@
 
 		list++;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_extra_edges(struct hashfile *f,
-					  struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+static int write_graph_chunk_extra_edges(struct hashfile *f,
+					 struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
 	struct commit **last = ctx->commits.list + ctx->commits.nr;
@@ -1134,10 +1147,12 @@
 
 		list++;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_bloom_indexes(struct hashfile *f,
-					    struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+static int write_graph_chunk_bloom_indexes(struct hashfile *f,
+					   struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
 	struct commit **last = ctx->commits.list + ctx->commits.nr;
@@ -1145,30 +1160,54 @@
 
 	while (list < last) {
 		struct bloom_filter *filter = get_bloom_filter(ctx->r, *list, 0);
-		cur_pos += filter->len;
+		size_t len = filter ? filter->len : 0;
+		cur_pos += len;
 		display_progress(ctx->progress, ++ctx->progress_cnt);
 		hashwrite_be32(f, cur_pos);
 		list++;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void write_graph_chunk_bloom_data(struct hashfile *f,
-					 struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx,
-					 const struct bloom_filter_settings *settings)
+static void trace2_bloom_filter_settings(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct json_writer jw = JSON_WRITER_INIT;
+
+	jw_object_begin(&jw, 0);
+	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "hash_version", ctx->bloom_settings->hash_version);
+	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "num_hashes", ctx->bloom_settings->num_hashes);
+	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "bits_per_entry", ctx->bloom_settings->bits_per_entry);
+	jw_end(&jw);
+
+	trace2_data_json("bloom", ctx->r, "settings", &jw);
+
+	jw_release(&jw);
+}
+
+static int write_graph_chunk_bloom_data(struct hashfile *f,
+					struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct commit **list = ctx->commits.list;
 	struct commit **last = ctx->commits.list + ctx->commits.nr;
 
-	hashwrite_be32(f, settings->hash_version);
-	hashwrite_be32(f, settings->num_hashes);
-	hashwrite_be32(f, settings->bits_per_entry);
+	trace2_bloom_filter_settings(ctx);
+
+	hashwrite_be32(f, ctx->bloom_settings->hash_version);
+	hashwrite_be32(f, ctx->bloom_settings->num_hashes);
+	hashwrite_be32(f, ctx->bloom_settings->bits_per_entry);
 
 	while (list < last) {
 		struct bloom_filter *filter = get_bloom_filter(ctx->r, *list, 0);
+		size_t len = filter ? filter->len : 0;
+
 		display_progress(ctx->progress, ++ctx->progress_cnt);
-		hashwrite(f, filter->data, filter->len * sizeof(unsigned char));
+		if (len)
+			hashwrite(f, filter->data, len * sizeof(unsigned char));
 		list++;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int oid_compare(const void *_a, const void *_b)
@@ -1579,9 +1618,13 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+typedef int (*chunk_write_fn)(struct hashfile *f,
+			      struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx);
+
 struct chunk_info {
 	uint32_t id;
 	uint64_t size;
+	chunk_write_fn write_fn;
 };
 
 static int write_commit_graph_file(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
@@ -1596,7 +1639,15 @@
 	int num_chunks = 3;
 	uint64_t chunk_offset;
 	struct object_id file_hash;
-	const struct bloom_filter_settings bloom_settings = DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_SETTINGS;
+	struct bloom_filter_settings bloom_settings = DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_SETTINGS;
+
+	if (!ctx->bloom_settings) {
+		bloom_settings.bits_per_entry = git_env_ulong("GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_BITS_PER_ENTRY",
+							      bloom_settings.bits_per_entry);
+		bloom_settings.num_hashes = git_env_ulong("GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_NUM_HASHES",
+							  bloom_settings.num_hashes);
+		ctx->bloom_settings = &bloom_settings;
+	}
 
 	if (ctx->split) {
 		struct strbuf tmp_file = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1644,27 +1695,34 @@
 
 	chunks[0].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_OIDFANOUT;
 	chunks[0].size = GRAPH_FANOUT_SIZE;
+	chunks[0].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_fanout;
 	chunks[1].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP;
 	chunks[1].size = hashsz * ctx->commits.nr;
+	chunks[1].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_oids;
 	chunks[2].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_DATA;
 	chunks[2].size = (hashsz + 16) * ctx->commits.nr;
+	chunks[2].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_data;
 	if (ctx->num_extra_edges) {
 		chunks[num_chunks].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_EXTRAEDGES;
 		chunks[num_chunks].size = 4 * ctx->num_extra_edges;
+		chunks[num_chunks].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_extra_edges;
 		num_chunks++;
 	}
 	if (ctx->changed_paths) {
 		chunks[num_chunks].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMINDEXES;
 		chunks[num_chunks].size = sizeof(uint32_t) * ctx->commits.nr;
+		chunks[num_chunks].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_bloom_indexes;
 		num_chunks++;
 		chunks[num_chunks].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_BLOOMDATA;
 		chunks[num_chunks].size = sizeof(uint32_t) * 3
 					  + ctx->total_bloom_filter_data_size;
+		chunks[num_chunks].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_bloom_data;
 		num_chunks++;
 	}
 	if (ctx->num_commit_graphs_after > 1) {
 		chunks[num_chunks].id = GRAPH_CHUNKID_BASE;
 		chunks[num_chunks].size = hashsz * (ctx->num_commit_graphs_after - 1);
+		chunks[num_chunks].write_fn = write_graph_chunk_base;
 		num_chunks++;
 	}
 
@@ -1700,19 +1758,19 @@
 			progress_title.buf,
 			num_chunks * ctx->commits.nr);
 	}
-	write_graph_chunk_fanout(f, ctx);
-	write_graph_chunk_oids(f, hashsz, ctx);
-	write_graph_chunk_data(f, hashsz, ctx);
-	if (ctx->num_extra_edges)
-		write_graph_chunk_extra_edges(f, ctx);
-	if (ctx->changed_paths) {
-		write_graph_chunk_bloom_indexes(f, ctx);
-		write_graph_chunk_bloom_data(f, ctx, &bloom_settings);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_chunks; i++) {
+		uint64_t start_offset = f->total + f->offset;
+
+		if (chunks[i].write_fn(f, ctx))
+			return -1;
+
+		if (f->total + f->offset != start_offset + chunks[i].size)
+			BUG("expected to write %"PRId64" bytes to chunk %"PRIx32", but wrote %"PRId64" instead",
+			    chunks[i].size, chunks[i].id,
+			    f->total + f->offset - start_offset);
 	}
-	if (ctx->num_commit_graphs_after > 1 &&
-	    write_graph_chunk_base(f, ctx)) {
-		return -1;
-	}
+
 	stop_progress(&ctx->progress);
 	strbuf_release(&progress_title);
 
@@ -2046,9 +2104,23 @@
 	ctx->report_progress = flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS ? 1 : 0;
 	ctx->split = flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT ? 1 : 0;
 	ctx->split_opts = split_opts;
-	ctx->changed_paths = flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS ? 1 : 0;
 	ctx->total_bloom_filter_data_size = 0;
 
+	if (flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS)
+		ctx->changed_paths = 1;
+	if (!(flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_NO_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS)) {
+		struct commit_graph *g;
+		prepare_commit_graph_one(ctx->r, ctx->odb);
+
+		g = ctx->r->objects->commit_graph;
+
+		/* We have changed-paths already. Keep them in the next graph */
+		if (g && g->chunk_bloom_data) {
+			ctx->changed_paths = 1;
+			ctx->bloom_settings = g->bloom_filter_settings;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ctx->split) {
 		struct commit_graph *g;
 		prepare_commit_graph(ctx->r);
diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
index cf8d3c9..09a9703 100644
--- a/commit-graph.h
+++ b/commit-graph.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "oidset.h"
 
 #define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH"
-#define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD"
+#define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_PARSE "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_PARSE"
 #define GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS "GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS"
 
 /*
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS   = (1 << 1),
 	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT      = (1 << 2),
 	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS = (1 << 3),
+	COMMIT_GRAPH_NO_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS = (1 << 4),
 };
 
 enum commit_graph_split_flags {
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 049008c..6de29cd 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -633,7 +633,6 @@
 static unsigned int count_bloom_filter_definitely_not;
 static unsigned int count_bloom_filter_false_positive;
 static unsigned int count_bloom_filter_not_present;
-static unsigned int count_bloom_filter_length_zero;
 
 static void trace2_bloom_filter_statistics_atexit(void)
 {
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@
 
 	jw_object_begin(&jw, 0);
 	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "filter_not_present", count_bloom_filter_not_present);
-	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "zero_length_filter", count_bloom_filter_length_zero);
 	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "maybe", count_bloom_filter_maybe);
 	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "definitely_not", count_bloom_filter_definitely_not);
 	jw_object_intmax(&jw, "false_positive", count_bloom_filter_false_positive);
@@ -670,9 +668,10 @@
 {
 	struct pathspec_item *pi;
 	char *path_alloc = NULL;
-	const char *path;
+	const char *path, *p;
 	int last_index;
-	int len;
+	size_t len;
+	int path_component_nr = 1;
 
 	if (!revs->commits)
 		return;
@@ -697,16 +696,45 @@
 
 	/* remove single trailing slash from path, if needed */
 	if (pi->match[last_index] == '/') {
-	    path_alloc = xstrdup(pi->match);
-	    path_alloc[last_index] = '\0';
-	    path = path_alloc;
+		path_alloc = xstrdup(pi->match);
+		path_alloc[last_index] = '\0';
+		path = path_alloc;
 	} else
-	    path = pi->match;
+		path = pi->match;
 
 	len = strlen(path);
+	if (!len) {
+		revs->bloom_filter_settings = NULL;
+		return;
+	}
 
-	revs->bloom_key = xmalloc(sizeof(struct bloom_key));
-	fill_bloom_key(path, len, revs->bloom_key, revs->bloom_filter_settings);
+	p = path;
+	while (*p) {
+		/*
+		 * At this point, the path is normalized to use Unix-style
+		 * path separators. This is required due to how the
+		 * changed-path Bloom filters store the paths.
+		 */
+		if (*p == '/')
+			path_component_nr++;
+		p++;
+	}
+
+	revs->bloom_keys_nr = path_component_nr;
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(revs->bloom_keys, revs->bloom_keys_nr);
+
+	fill_bloom_key(path, len, &revs->bloom_keys[0],
+		       revs->bloom_filter_settings);
+	path_component_nr = 1;
+
+	p = path + len - 1;
+	while (p > path) {
+		if (*p == '/')
+			fill_bloom_key(path, p - path,
+				       &revs->bloom_keys[path_component_nr++],
+				       revs->bloom_filter_settings);
+		p--;
+	}
 
 	if (trace2_is_enabled() && !bloom_filter_atexit_registered) {
 		atexit(trace2_bloom_filter_statistics_atexit);
@@ -720,7 +748,7 @@
 						 struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct bloom_filter *filter;
-	int result;
+	int result = 1, j;
 
 	if (!revs->repo->objects->commit_graph)
 		return -1;
@@ -735,15 +763,12 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!filter->len) {
-		count_bloom_filter_length_zero++;
-		return -1;
+	for (j = 0; result && j < revs->bloom_keys_nr; j++) {
+		result = bloom_filter_contains(filter,
+					       &revs->bloom_keys[j],
+					       revs->bloom_filter_settings);
 	}
 
-	result = bloom_filter_contains(filter,
-				       revs->bloom_key,
-				       revs->bloom_filter_settings);
-
 	if (result)
 		count_bloom_filter_maybe++;
 	else
@@ -782,7 +807,7 @@
 			return REV_TREE_SAME;
 	}
 
-	if (revs->bloom_key && !nth_parent) {
+	if (revs->bloom_keys_nr && !nth_parent) {
 		bloom_ret = check_maybe_different_in_bloom_filter(revs, commit);
 
 		if (bloom_ret == 0)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index f412ae8..889216c 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -301,8 +301,10 @@
 	struct topo_walk_info *topo_walk_info;
 
 	/* Commit graph bloom filter fields */
-	/* The bloom filter key for the pathspec */
-	struct bloom_key *bloom_key;
+	/* The bloom filter key(s) for the pathspec */
+	struct bloom_key *bloom_keys;
+	int bloom_keys_nr;
+
 	/*
 	 * The bloom filter settings used to generate the key.
 	 * This is loaded from the commit-graph being used.
diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index c855bcd..c21cc16 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 test_bloom_filters_used () {
 	log_args=$1
-	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":0,\"zero_length_filter\":0,\"maybe\""
+	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":0,\"maybe\""
 	setup "$log_args" &&
 	grep -q "$bloom_trace_prefix" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" &&
 	test_cmp log_wo_bloom log_w_bloom &&
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
 	test_bloom_filters_not_used "-- file4 A/file1"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git log -- "." pathspec at root does not use Bloom filters' '
+	test_bloom_filters_not_used "-- ."
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git log with wildcard that resolves to a single path uses Bloom filters' '
 	test_bloom_filters_used "-- *4" &&
 	test_bloom_filters_used "-- *renamed"
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@
 	test_commit c14 A/anotherFile2 &&
 	test_commit c15 A/B/anotherFile2 &&
 	test_commit c16 A/B/C/anotherFile2 &&
-	GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS=0 git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+	git commit-graph write --reachable --split --no-changed-paths &&
 	test_line_count = 2 .git/objects/info/commit-graphs/commit-graph-chain
 '
 
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@
 
 test_bloom_filters_used_when_some_filters_are_missing () {
 	log_args=$1
-	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":3,\"zero_length_filter\":0,\"maybe\":8,\"definitely_not\":6"
+	bloom_trace_prefix="statistics:{\"filter_not_present\":3,\"maybe\":6,\"definitely_not\":8"
 	setup "$log_args" &&
 	grep -q "$bloom_trace_prefix" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" &&
 	test_cmp log_wo_bloom log_w_bloom
@@ -152,4 +156,39 @@
 	test_bloom_filters_used_when_some_filters_are_missing "-- A/B"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'persist filter settings' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf .git/objects/info/commit-graph* &&
+	rm -rf .git/objects/info/commit-graph* &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2.txt" \
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT_NESTING=5 \
+		GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_NUM_HASHES=9 \
+		GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_BITS_PER_ENTRY=15 \
+		git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+	grep "{\"hash_version\":1,\"num_hashes\":9,\"bits_per_entry\":15}" trace2.txt &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace2-auto.txt" \
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT_NESTING=5 \
+		git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+	grep "{\"hash_version\":1,\"num_hashes\":9,\"bits_per_entry\":15}" trace2-auto.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'correctly report changes over limit' '
+	git init 513changes &&
+	(
+		cd 513changes &&
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 513)
+		do
+			echo $i >file$i.txt || return 1
+		done &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "files" &&
+		git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 513)
+		do
+			git -c core.commitGraph=false log -- file$i.txt >expect &&
+			git log -- file$i.txt >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual || return 1
+		done
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
index 50d5f08..2804b0d 100755
--- a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 		cp $objdir/info/commit-graph commit-graph-pre-write-test
 	fi &&
 	git status --short &&
-	GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_LOAD=true git commit-graph write &&
+	GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_DIE_ON_PARSE=true git commit-graph write &&
 	chmod u+w $objdir/info/commit-graph &&
 	git commit-graph verify
 }