commit->object.flags |= POPPED;
                if (!(commit->object.flags & COMMON))
                        non_common_revs--;
-       
+
                parents = commit->parents;
 
                if (commit->object.flags & COMMON) {
                int len;
 
                while ((len = packet_read_line(fd[0], line, sizeof(line)))) {
-                       if (!strncmp("shallow ", line, 8)) {
+                       if (!prefixcmp(line, "shallow ")) {
                                if (get_sha1_hex(line + 8, sha1))
                                        die("invalid shallow line: %s", line);
                                register_shallow(sha1);
                                continue;
                        }
-                       if (!strncmp("unshallow ", line, 10)) {
+                       if (!prefixcmp(line, "unshallow ")) {
                                if (get_sha1_hex(line + 10, sha1))
                                        die("invalid unshallow line: %s", line);
                                if (!lookup_object(sha1))
                    check_ref_format(ref->name + 5))
                        ; /* trash */
                else if (fetch_all &&
-                        (!depth || strncmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/", 10) )) {
+                        (!depth || prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/") )) {
                        *newtail = ref;
                        ref->next = NULL;
                        newtail = &ref->next;
                char *arg = argv[i];
 
                if (*arg == '-') {
-                       if (!strncmp("--upload-pack=", arg, 14)) {
+                       if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
                                uploadpack = arg + 14;
                                continue;
                        }
-                       if (!strncmp("--exec=", arg, 7)) {
+                       if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exec=")) {
                                uploadpack = arg + 7;
                                continue;
                        }
                                verbose = 1;
                                continue;
                        }
-                       if (!strncmp("--depth=", arg, 8)) {
+                       if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--depth=")) {
                                depth = strtol(arg + 8, NULL, 0);
                                if (stat(git_path("shallow"), &st))
                                        st.st_mtime = 0;
        }
        if (!dest)
                usage(fetch_pack_usage);
-       pid = git_connect(fd, dest, uploadpack);
+       pid = git_connect(fd, dest, uploadpack, verbose ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0);
        if (pid < 0)
                return 1;
        if (heads && nr_heads)