I'm closing this bug. This should be fixed in git-4.3.9-2, which I'll be uploading whenever I'm able. Currently, I'm unable to get an ftp session on new-master or on primer. I'm unable to notify the bug report submitter of this because I don't have an email address (haven't seen the bug report on debian-devel, U.S. bug mirror very outdated, U.K. bug list unreachable due to network problems trying to get its huge web page).