Hi there Brian! Here are my git version --build-options (taken from a
version packaged at Artix, however I assume it to have the same
options as on https://gitea.artixlinux.org/packages/git that I am
still building atm)

git version 2.53.0 cpu: x86_64 built from commit:
67ad42147a7acc2af6074753ebd03d904476118f sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t:
8 shell-path: /bin/sh rust: enabled gettext: enabled libcurl: 8.18.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.6.1 27 Jan 2026 zlib-ng: 2.3.2 SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK default-ref-format: files default-hash: sha1

As of my shell, it is a GNU bash --version 5.3.9(1)-release
(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

any configuration options you're using to build?

At the moment - just "makepkg ./PKGBUILD --check --noextract
--noprepare -f" (these flags in order to get straight to the check()
stage). Btw right now I got a somewhat similar-by-appearance error at
test t5003, however if I press Enter two times then it gets further
instead of an infinite loop:

Username for 'http://127.0.0.1:5003':
Password for 'http://127.0.0.1:5003':

Here are the contents of a related .out file for this t5003 . Please
note that not so long ago I did chmod -R 755 on this
/dev/shm/git-test/ just in case, so I am not sure why this is failing

ok 81 - remote archive does not work with protocol v1
expecting success of 5003.82 'archive remote http repository':
    git archive --remote="$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/bare.git" \
        --output=remote-http.zip HEAD &&
    test_cmp_bin d.zip remote-http.zip

fatal: cannot exec '/dev/shm/git-test/trash
directory.t5003-archive-zip/askpass': Permission denied

fatal: cannot exec '/dev/shm/git-test/trash
directory.t5003-archive-zip/askpass': Permission denied
fatal: cannot exec '/dev/shm/git-test/trash
directory.t5003-archive-zip/askpass': Permission denied
fatal: Authentication failed for 'http://127.0.0.1:5003/auth/smart/bare.git/'
not ok 82 - archive remote http repository
#
#        git archive --remote="$HTTPD_URL/auth/smart/bare.git" \
#            --output=remote-http.zip HEAD &&
#        test_cmp_bin d.zip remote-http.zip
#

# failed 1 among 82 test(s)
1..82