···164164165165test_expect_success 'no-op half-auth fetch does not require a password' '
166166 set_askpass wrong &&
167167- git --git-dir=half-auth fetch &&
167167+168168+ # NEEDSWORK: When using HTTP(S), protocol v0 supports a "half-auth"
169169+ # configuration with authentication required only when downloading
170170+ # objects and not refs, by having the HTTP server only require
171171+ # authentication for the "git-upload-pack" path and not "info/refs".
172172+ # This is not possible with protocol v2, since both objects and refs
173173+ # are obtained from the "git-upload-pack" path. A solution to this is
174174+ # to teach the server and client to be able to inline ls-refs requests
175175+ # as an Extra Parameter (see pack-protocol.txt), so that "info/refs"
176176+ # can serve refs, just like it does in protocol v0.
177177+ GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=0 git --git-dir=half-auth fetch &&
168178 expect_askpass none
169179'
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