diff --git a/git-repository/src/config/snapshot.rs b/git-repository/src/config/snapshot.rs
index 0dbbc83d409..0f1358c54d7 100644
--- a/git-repository/src/config/snapshot.rs
+++ b/git-repository/src/config/snapshot.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl<'repo> Snapshot<'repo> {
 
 ///
 pub mod apply_cli_overrides {
-    use crate::bstr::{BString, ByteSlice};
+    use crate::bstr::{BStr, BString, ByteSlice};
     use crate::config::SnapshotMut;
     use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ pub mod apply_cli_overrides {
     impl SnapshotMut<'_> {
         /// Apply configuration values of the form `core.abbrev=5` or `remote.origin.url = foo` or `core.bool-implicit-true`
         /// to the repository configuration, marked with [source CLI][git_config::Source::Cli].
-        pub fn apply_cli_overrides(
+        pub fn apply_cli_overrides<'a>(
             &mut self,
-            values: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<BString>>,
+            values: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl AsRef<BStr>>,
         ) -> Result<(), Error> {
             let mut file = git_config::File::new(git_config::file::Metadata::from(git_config::Source::Cli));
             for key_value in values {
-                let key_value = key_value.into();
+                let key_value = key_value.as_ref();
                 let mut tokens = key_value.splitn(2, |b| *b == b'=').map(|v| v.trim());
                 let key = tokens.next().expect("always one value").as_bstr();
                 let value = tokens.next();
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/config.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/config.rs
index a179e2c1db2..8dc4680ee25 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/config.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/config.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use git_repository as git;
+use git_repository::bstr::BString;
 
 use crate::OutputFormat;
 
 pub fn list(
     repo: git::Repository,
     filters: Vec<String>,
+    overrides: Vec<BString>,
     format: OutputFormat,
     mut out: impl std::io::Write,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     if format != OutputFormat::Human {
         bail!("Only human output format is supported at the moment");
     }
-    let repo = git::open_opts(repo.git_dir(), repo.open_options().clone().lossy_config(false))?;
+    let mut repo = git::open_opts(repo.git_dir(), repo.open_options().clone().lossy_config(false))?;
+    repo.config_snapshot_mut().apply_cli_overrides(overrides.into_iter())?;
     let config = repo.config_snapshot();
     let config = config.plumbing();
     if let Some(frontmatter) = config.frontmatter() {
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index b3d51c10f4c..225469c8479 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -62,20 +62,24 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
         Strict,
         Lenient,
     }
-    let repository = move |mode: Mode| -> Result<git::Repository> {
-        let mut mapping: git::sec::trust::Mapping<git::open::Options> = Default::default();
-        let toggle = matches!(mode, Mode::Strict);
-        mapping.full = mapping.full.strict_config(toggle);
-        mapping.reduced = mapping.reduced.strict_config(toggle);
-        let mut repo = git::ThreadSafeRepository::discover_opts(repository, Default::default(), mapping)
-            .map(git::Repository::from)
-            .map(|r| r.apply_environment())?;
-        if !config.is_empty() {
-            repo.config_snapshot_mut()
-                .apply_cli_overrides(config)
-                .context("Unable to parse command-line configuration")?;
+
+    let repository = {
+        let config = config.clone();
+        move |mode: Mode| -> Result<git::Repository> {
+            let mut mapping: git::sec::trust::Mapping<git::open::Options> = Default::default();
+            let toggle = matches!(mode, Mode::Strict);
+            mapping.full = mapping.full.strict_config(toggle);
+            mapping.reduced = mapping.reduced.strict_config(toggle);
+            let mut repo = git::ThreadSafeRepository::discover_opts(repository, Default::default(), mapping)
+                .map(git::Repository::from)
+                .map(|r| r.apply_environment())?;
+            if !config.is_empty() {
+                repo.config_snapshot_mut()
+                    .apply_cli_overrides(config.iter())
+                    .context("Unable to parse command-line configuration")?;
+            }
+            Ok(repo)
         }
-        Ok(repo)
     };
 
     let progress;
@@ -142,7 +146,9 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
             progress,
             progress_keep_open,
             None,
-            move |_progress, out, _err| core::repository::config::list(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, filter, format, out),
+            move |_progress, out, _err| {
+                core::repository::config::list(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, filter, config, format, out)
+            },
         )
         .map(|_| ()),
         Subcommands::Free(subcommands) => match subcommands {