From 201ec78be3aec0bd77243e74b725b0fa56dd7b81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: j-walther <184943049+j-walther@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Also call  for the initial connection in shallow clones

---
 gix/src/clone/fetch/mod.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gix/src/clone/fetch/mod.rs b/gix/src/clone/fetch/mod.rs
index 46453d960e9..22e95bd4039 100644
--- a/gix/src/clone/fetch/mod.rs
+++ b/gix/src/clone/fetch/mod.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ impl PrepareFetch {
                 // For shallow clones without a specified ref, we need to determine the default branch.
                 // We'll connect to get HEAD information. For Protocol V2, we need to explicitly list refs.
                 let mut connection = remote.connect(remote::Direction::Fetch).await?;
+                if let Some(f) = self.configure_connection.as_mut() {
+                    f(&mut connection).map_err(Error::RemoteConnection)?;
+                }
 
                 // Perform handshake and try to get HEAD from it (works for Protocol V1)
                 let _ = connection.ref_map_by_ref(&mut progress, Default::default()).await?;