1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/task_helpers.rb b/lib/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
index 227962fc0f7..6a98fa12903 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def checkout_version(version, target_dir)
+      # Explicitly setting the git protocol version to v2 allows older Git binaries
+      # to do have a shallow clone obtain objects by object ID.
+      run_command!(%W[#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} -C #{target_dir} config protocol.version 2])
       run_command!(%W[#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} -C #{target_dir} fetch --quiet origin #{version}])
       run_command!(%W[#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} -C #{target_dir} checkout -f --quiet FETCH_HEAD --])
     end