static int curl_ssl_verify = -1;
 static int curl_ssl_try;
+static const char *curl_http_version = NULL;
 static const char *ssl_cert;
 static const char *ssl_cipherlist;
 static const char *ssl_version;
 
 static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
+       if (!strcmp("http.version", var)) {
+               return git_config_string(&curl_http_version, var, value);
+       }
        if (!strcmp("http.sslverify", var)) {
                curl_ssl_verify = git_config_bool(var, value);
                return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >=0x072f00
+static int get_curl_http_version_opt(const char *version_string, long *opt)
+{
+       int i;
+       static struct {
+               const char *name;
+               long opt_token;
+       } choice[] = {
+               { "HTTP/1.1", CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1 },
+               { "HTTP/2", CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2 }
+       };
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(choice); i++) {
+               if (!strcmp(version_string, choice[i].name)) {
+                       *opt = choice[i].opt_token;
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       warning("unknown value given to http.version: '%s'", version_string);
+       return -1; /* not found */
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 {
        CURL *result = curl_easy_init();
                curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
        }
 
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072f00 // 7.47.0
+    if (curl_http_version) {
+               long opt;
+               if (!get_curl_http_version_opt(curl_http_version, &opt)) {
+                       /* Set request use http version */
+                       curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, opt);
+               }
+    }
+#endif
+
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070907
        curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
 #endif
        hashcpy(freq->sha1, sha1);
        freq->localfile = -1;
 
-       sha1_file_name(the_repository, &filename, sha1);
+       loose_object_path(the_repository, &filename, sha1);
        strbuf_addf(&freq->tmpfile, "%s.temp", filename.buf);
 
        strbuf_addf(&prevfile, "%s.prev", filename.buf);
                unlink_or_warn(freq->tmpfile.buf);
                return -1;
        }
-       sha1_file_name(the_repository, &filename, freq->sha1);
+       loose_object_path(the_repository, &filename, freq->sha1);
        freq->rename = finalize_object_file(freq->tmpfile.buf, filename.buf);
        strbuf_release(&filename);