}
 
                if (!is_local && !complete_refs_before_fetch)
-                       transport_fetch_refs(transport, mapped_refs);
+                       transport_fetch_refs(transport, mapped_refs, NULL);
 
                remote_head = find_ref_by_name(refs, "HEAD");
                remote_head_points_at =
        if (is_local)
                clone_local(path, git_dir);
        else if (refs && complete_refs_before_fetch)
-               transport_fetch_refs(transport, mapped_refs);
+               transport_fetch_refs(transport, mapped_refs, NULL);
 
        update_remote_refs(refs, mapped_refs, remote_head_points_at,
                           branch_top.buf, reflog_msg.buf, transport,
 
        return check_connected(iterate_ref_map, &rm, &opt);
 }
 
-static int fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *ref_map)
+static int fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *ref_map,
+                     struct ref **updated_remote_refs)
 {
        int ret = quickfetch(ref_map);
        if (ret)
-               ret = transport_fetch_refs(transport, ref_map);
+               ret = transport_fetch_refs(transport, ref_map,
+                                          updated_remote_refs);
        if (!ret)
                /*
                 * Keep the new pack's ".keep" file around to allow the caller
        transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_FOLLOWTAGS, NULL);
        transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEPTH, "0");
        transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEEPEN_RELATIVE, NULL);
-       if (!fetch_refs(transport, ref_map))
+       if (!fetch_refs(transport, ref_map, NULL))
                consume_refs(transport, ref_map);
 
        if (gsecondary) {
        int autotags = (transport->remote->fetch_tags == 1);
        int retcode = 0;
        const struct ref *remote_refs;
+       struct ref *updated_remote_refs = NULL;
        struct argv_array ref_prefixes = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 
        if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT) {
                                   transport->url);
                }
        }
-       if (fetch_refs(transport, ref_map) || consume_refs(transport, ref_map)) {
+
+       if (fetch_refs(transport, ref_map, &updated_remote_refs)) {
+               free_refs(ref_map);
+               retcode = 1;
+               goto cleanup;
+       }
+       if (updated_remote_refs) {
+               /*
+                * Regenerate ref_map using the updated remote refs.  This is
+                * to account for additional information which may be provided
+                * by the transport (e.g. shallow info).
+                */
+               free_refs(ref_map);
+               ref_map = get_ref_map(transport->remote, updated_remote_refs, rs,
+                                     tags, &autotags);
+               free_refs(updated_remote_refs);
+       }
+       if (consume_refs(transport, ref_map)) {
                free_refs(ref_map);
                retcode = 1;
                goto cleanup;
 
 
        transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_FROM_PROMISOR, "1");
        transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_NO_DEPENDENTS, "1");
-       transport_fetch_refs(transport, ref);
+       transport_fetch_refs(transport, ref, NULL);
        fetch_if_missing = original_fetch_if_missing;
 }
 
 
 }
 
 static void update_shallow(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
-                          struct ref **sought, int nr_sought,
+                          struct ref *refs,
                           struct shallow_info *si)
 {
        struct oid_array ref = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
        int *status;
        int i;
+       struct ref *r;
 
        if (args->deepen && alternate_shallow_file) {
                if (*alternate_shallow_file == '\0') { /* --unshallow */
        remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(si);
        if (!si->nr_ours && !si->nr_theirs)
                return;
-       for (i = 0; i < nr_sought; i++)
-               oid_array_append(&ref, &sought[i]->old_oid);
+       for (r = refs; r; r = r->next)
+               oid_array_append(&ref, &r->old_oid);
        si->ref = &ref;
 
        if (args->update_shallow) {
         * remote is also shallow, check what ref is safe to update
         * without updating .git/shallow
         */
-       status = xcalloc(nr_sought, sizeof(*status));
+       status = xcalloc(ref.nr, sizeof(*status));
        assign_shallow_commits_to_refs(si, NULL, status);
        if (si->nr_ours || si->nr_theirs) {
-               for (i = 0; i < nr_sought; i++)
+               for (r = refs, i = 0; r; r = r->next, i++)
                        if (status[i])
-                               sought[i]->status = REF_STATUS_REJECT_SHALLOW;
+                               r->status = REF_STATUS_REJECT_SHALLOW;
        }
        free(status);
        oid_array_clear(&ref);
                ref_cpy = do_fetch_pack(args, fd, ref, sought, nr_sought,
                                        &si, pack_lockfile);
        reprepare_packed_git(the_repository);
-       update_shallow(args, sought, nr_sought, &si);
+       update_shallow(args, ref_cpy, &si);
        clear_shallow_info(&si);
        return ref_cpy;
 }
 
 }
 
 static int fetch(struct transport *transport,
-                int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
+                int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch,
+                struct ref **fetched_refs)
 {
        struct helper_data *data = transport->data;
        int i, count;
 
        if (process_connect(transport, 0)) {
                do_take_over(transport);
-               return transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, to_fetch);
+               return transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, to_fetch,
+                                               fetched_refs);
        }
 
        count = 0;
 
         * Fetch the objects for the given refs. Note that this gets
         * an array, and should ignore the list structure.
         *
+        * The transport *may* provide, in fetched_refs, the list of refs that
+        * it fetched.  If the transport knows anything about the fetched refs
+        * that the caller does not know (for example, shallow status), it
+        * should provide that list of refs and include that information in the
+        * list.
+        *
         * If the transport did not get hashes for refs in
         * get_refs_list(), it should set the old_sha1 fields in the
         * provided refs now.
         **/
-       int (*fetch)(struct transport *transport, int refs_nr, struct ref **refs);
+       int (*fetch)(struct transport *transport, int refs_nr, struct ref **refs,
+                    struct ref **fetched_refs);
 
        /**
         * Push the objects and refs. Send the necessary objects, and
 
 }
 
 static int fetch_refs_from_bundle(struct transport *transport,
-                              int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
+                              int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch,
+                              struct ref **fetched_refs)
 {
        struct bundle_transport_data *data = transport->data;
        return unbundle(&data->header, data->fd,
 }
 
 static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
-                              int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
+                              int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch,
+                              struct ref **fetched_refs)
 {
        int ret = 0;
        struct git_transport_data *data = transport->data;
        if (report_unmatched_refs(to_fetch, nr_heads))
                ret = -1;
 
+       if (fetched_refs)
+               *fetched_refs = refs;
+       else
+               free_refs(refs);
+
        free_refs(refs_tmp);
-       free_refs(refs);
        free(dest);
        return ret;
 }
        return transport->remote_refs;
 }
 
-int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs)
+int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs,
+                        struct ref **fetched_refs)
 {
        int rc;
        int nr_heads = 0, nr_alloc = 0, nr_refs = 0;
        struct ref **heads = NULL;
+       struct ref *nop_head = NULL, **nop_tail = &nop_head;
        struct ref *rm;
 
        for (rm = refs; rm; rm = rm->next) {
                nr_refs++;
                if (rm->peer_ref &&
                    !is_null_oid(&rm->old_oid) &&
-                   !oidcmp(&rm->peer_ref->old_oid, &rm->old_oid))
+                   !oidcmp(&rm->peer_ref->old_oid, &rm->old_oid)) {
+                       /*
+                        * These need to be reported as fetched, but we don't
+                        * actually need to fetch them.
+                        */
+                       if (fetched_refs) {
+                               struct ref *nop_ref = copy_ref(rm);
+                               *nop_tail = nop_ref;
+                               nop_tail = &nop_ref->next;
+                       }
                        continue;
+               }
                ALLOC_GROW(heads, nr_heads + 1, nr_alloc);
                heads[nr_heads++] = rm;
        }
                        heads[nr_heads++] = rm;
        }
 
-       rc = transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, heads);
+       rc = transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, heads, fetched_refs);
+       if (fetched_refs && nop_head) {
+               *nop_tail = *fetched_refs;
+               *fetched_refs = nop_head;
+       }
 
        free(heads);
        return rc;
 
 const struct ref *transport_get_remote_refs(struct transport *transport,
                                            const struct argv_array *ref_prefixes);
 
-int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs);
+int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs,
+                        struct ref **fetched_refs);
 void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport);
 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport);
 char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url);