return 1;
 }
 
-static int connect_setup(struct transport *transport, int for_push, int verbose)
+static int connect_setup(struct transport *transport, int for_push)
 {
        struct git_transport_data *data = transport->data;
+       int flags = transport->verbose > 0 ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0;
 
        if (data->conn)
                return 0;
        data->conn = git_connect(data->fd, transport->url,
                                 for_push ? data->options.receivepack :
                                 data->options.uploadpack,
-                                verbose ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0);
+                                flags);
 
        return 0;
 }
        struct git_transport_data *data = transport->data;
        struct ref *refs;
 
-       connect_setup(transport, for_push, 0);
+       connect_setup(transport, for_push);
        get_remote_heads(data->fd[0], NULL, 0, &refs,
                         for_push ? REF_NORMAL : 0,
                         &data->extra_have,
        args.update_shallow = data->options.update_shallow;
 
        if (!data->got_remote_heads) {
-               connect_setup(transport, 0, 0);
+               connect_setup(transport, 0);
                get_remote_heads(data->fd[0], NULL, 0, &refs_tmp, 0,
                                 NULL, &data->shallow);
                data->got_remote_heads = 1;
 
        if (!data->got_remote_heads) {
                struct ref *tmp_refs;
-               connect_setup(transport, 1, 0);
+               connect_setup(transport, 1);
 
                get_remote_heads(data->fd[0], NULL, 0, &tmp_refs, REF_NORMAL,
                                 NULL, &data->shallow);