return result;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Fetching from the promisor remote should use the given filter-spec
+ * or inherit the default filter-spec from the config.
+ */
+static inline void fetch_one_setup_partial(struct remote *remote)
+{
+       /*
+        * Explicit --no-filter argument overrides everything, regardless
+        * of any prior partial clones and fetches.
+        */
+       if (filter_options.no_filter)
+               return;
+
+       /*
+        * If no prior partial clone/fetch and the current fetch DID NOT
+        * request a partial-fetch, do a normal fetch.
+        */
+       if (!repository_format_partial_clone && !filter_options.choice)
+               return;
+
+       /*
+        * If this is the FIRST partial-fetch request, we enable partial
+        * on this repo and remember the given filter-spec as the default
+        * for subsequent fetches to this remote.
+        */
+       if (!repository_format_partial_clone && filter_options.choice) {
+               partial_clone_register(remote->name, &filter_options);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * We are currently limited to only ONE promisor remote and only
+        * allow partial-fetches from the promisor remote.
+        */
+       if (strcmp(remote->name, repository_format_partial_clone)) {
+               if (filter_options.choice)
+                       die(_("--filter can only be used with the remote configured in core.partialClone"));
+               return;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Do a partial-fetch from the promisor remote using either the
+        * explicitly given filter-spec or inherit the filter-spec from
+        * the config.
+        */
+       if (!filter_options.choice)
+               partial_clone_get_default_filter_spec(&filter_options);
+       return;
+}
+
 static int fetch_one(struct remote *remote, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        static const char **refs = NULL;
        }
 
        if (remote) {
-               if (filter_options.choice &&
-                   strcmp(remote->name, repository_format_partial_clone))
-                       die(_("--filter can only be used with the remote configured in core.partialClone"));
+               if (filter_options.choice || repository_format_partial_clone)
+                       fetch_one_setup_partial(remote);
                result = fetch_one(remote, argc, argv);
        } else {
                if (filter_options.choice)
                        die(_("--filter can only be used with the remote configured in core.partialClone"));
+               /* TODO should this also die if we have a previous partial-clone? */
                result = fetch_multiple(&list);
        }
 
 
         */
        enum list_objects_filter_choice choice;
 
+       /*
+        * Choice is LOFC_DISABLED because "--no-filter" was requested.
+        */
+       unsigned int no_filter : 1;
+
        /*
         * Parsed values (fields) from within the filter-spec.  These are
         * choice-specific; not all values will be defined for any given
 void list_objects_filter_release(
        struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options);
 
+static inline void list_objects_filter_set_no_filter(
+       struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options)
+{
+       list_objects_filter_release(filter_options);
+       filter_options->no_filter = 1;
+}
+
 void partial_clone_register(
        const char *remote,
        const struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options);
 
        git -C src remote add srv "file://$(pwd)/srv.bare" &&
        for x in a b c d e
        do
-               echo "Mod $x" >>src/file.1.txt
+               echo "Mod file.1.txt $x" >>src/file.1.txt
                git -C src add file.1.txt
                git -C src commit -m "mod $x"
        done &&
        test_line_count = 0 observed
 '
 
+# create new commits in "src" repo to establish a history on file.2.txt
+# and push to "srv.bare".
+test_expect_success 'push new commits to server for file.2.txt' '
+       for x in a b c d e f
+       do
+               echo "Mod file.2.txt $x" >>src/file.2.txt
+               git -C src add file.2.txt
+               git -C src commit -m "mod $x"
+       done &&
+       git -C src push -u srv master
+'
+
+# Do FULL fetch by disabling filter-spec using --no-filter.
+# Verify we have all the new blobs.
+test_expect_success 'override inherited filter-spec using --no-filter' '
+       git -C pc1 fetch --no-filter origin &&
+       git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+       test_line_count = 0 observed
+'
+
 test_done