diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8647db72..64f4d299 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ jobs:
         # Segfaults (139) are not allowed but other exit codes are valid!
         python3 ratarmount.py tests/simple.bz2 || [ $? != 139 ]
 
+    - name: Install pip Test Dependencies
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install -r tests/requirements-tests.txt
+
     - name: Unit Tests
+      if: false
       run: |
         python3 -m pip install pytest pytest-xdist
         for file in core/tests/test_*.py tests/test_*.py; do
@@ -246,6 +251,15 @@ jobs:
         done
         python3 tests/tests.py
 
+    - name: Git Debug
+      if: ${{ !startsWith( matrix.os, 'macos' ) }}
+      run: |
+        git status
+        pwd
+        ls -la
+        ls -la .git
+        git show --stat 85b0425222c85cb17ac387411f83c4a8cefcf16f
+
     - name: Regression Tests (FUSE 3)
       if: ${{ !startsWith( matrix.os, 'macos' ) }}
       run: |
diff --git a/tests/runtests.sh b/tests/runtests.sh
index 1de22c49..2bf4068a 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.sh
+++ b/tests/runtests.sh
@@ -1883,11 +1883,14 @@ checkURLProtocolGit()
     # fsspec/implementations/git.py#L28C14-L28C58
     # > "git://[path-to-repo[:]][ref@]path/to/file" (but the actual
     # > file path should not contain "@" or ":").
-    checkFileInTAR 'git://v0.15.2@tests/single-file.tar' bar d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00 ||
+    checkFileInTAR 'git://85b0425222c85cb17ac387411f83c4a8cefcf16f@tests/single-file.tar' bar \
+        d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00 ||
         returnError "$LINENO" 'Failed to read from HTTP server'
-    checkFileInTAR 'git://v0.15.2@tests/' single-file.tar 1a28538854d1884e4415cb9bfb7a2ad8 ||
+    checkFileInTAR 'git://85b0425222c85cb17ac387411f83c4a8cefcf16f@tests/' single-file.tar \
+        1a28538854d1884e4415cb9bfb7a2ad8 ||
         returnError "$LINENO" 'Failed to read from HTTP server'
-    checkFileInTAR 'git://v0.15.2@tests' single-file.tar 1a28538854d1884e4415cb9bfb7a2ad8 ||
+    checkFileInTAR 'git://85b0425222c85cb17ac387411f83c4a8cefcf16f@tests' single-file.tar \
+        1a28538854d1884e4415cb9bfb7a2ad8 ||
         returnError "$LINENO" 'Failed to read from HTTP server'
 
     # https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec/blob/360e46d13069b0426565429f9f610bf704cfa062/
@@ -1906,7 +1909,7 @@ checkURLProtocolGit()
     # from, or a branch or tag name (so long as it doesn't contain special characters
     # like "/", "?", which would have to be HTTP-encoded).
     # TODO
-    #checkFileInTAR 'git://v0.15.2@tests/single-file.tar' bar d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00 ||
+    #checkFileInTAR 'git://85b0425222c85cb17ac387411f83c4a8cefcf16f@tests/single-file.tar' bar d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00 ||
     #    returnError "$LINENO" 'Failed to read from HTTP server'
 }
 
@@ -2039,10 +2042,7 @@ checkRemoteSupport()
     # https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#other-known-implementations
     checkURLProtocolFile
     checkURLProtocolSamba
-    #checkURLProtocolGit  # TODO does not work in CI for some reason...
-    # Warning:  Trying to open with fsspec raised an exception: 'v0.15.2'
-    # Error:  Mount source does not exist: git://v0.15.2@tests/single-file.tar
-
+    checkURLProtocolGit  # TODO does not work in CI for some reason...
     #checkURLProtocolHTTP  # TODO
     checkURLProtocolFTP
     #checkURLProtocolS3   # TODO suddenly broken again ...