diff --git a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
index 091e219..010e278 100644
--- a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
+++ b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
@@ -93,6 +93,68 @@ S<them :>
 
 And you need to upgrade at least reposman.rb (after r860).
 
+=head1 GIT SMART HTTP SUPPORT
+
+Git's smart HTTP protocol will not work with the above settings. Redmine.pm
+normally does access control depending on the HTTP method used: read-only
+methods are OK for everyone in public projects and members with read rights
+in private projects. The rest require membership with commit rights in the
+project.
+
+However, this scheme doesn't work for Git's smart HTTP protocol, as it will use
+POST even for a simple clone. Instead, read-only requests must be detected
+using the full URL (including the query string): anything that doesn't belong
+to the git-receive-pack service is read-only.
+
+To activate this mode of operation, add this line inside your <Location /git>
+block:
+
+  RedmineGitSmartHttp yes
+
+Here's a sample Apache configuration which integrates git-http-backend with
+a MySQL database and this new option:
+
+   SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git/
+   SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
+   ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
+   <Location /git>
+       Order allow,deny
+       Allow from all
+
+       AuthType Basic
+       AuthName Git
+       Require valid-user
+
+       PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
+       PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler
+       # for mysql
+       RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=redmine;host=127.0.0.1"
+       RedmineDbUser "redmine"
+       RedmineDbPass "xxx"
+       RedmineGitSmartHttp yes
+    </Location>
+
+Make sure that all the names of the repositories under /var/www/git/ match
+exactly the identifier for some project: /var/www/git/myproject.git won't work,
+due to the way this module extracts the identifier from the URL.
+/var/www/git/myproject will work, though. You can put both bare and non-bare
+repositories in /var/www/git.
+
+Once you have activated this option, you have two options when cloning a
+repository. Cloning using "http://user@host/git/repo" works, but will ask for
+the password all the time. To avoid being pestered by password requests, it's
+best to create a ~/.netrc file with your username and password, and clone using
+"http://host/git/repo" instead.
+
+IMPORTANT NOTE: It is *very important* that the file cannot be read by other
+users, as it will contain your password in cleartext. To create the file, you
+can use the following commands, replacing yourhost, youruser and yourpassword
+with the right values:
+
+  touch ~/.netrc
+  chmod 600 .netrc
+  echo -e "machine yourhost\nlogin youruser\npassword yourpassword" > ~/.netrc
+
 =cut
 
 use strict;
@@ -142,6 +204,11 @@ my @directives = (
     args_how => TAKE1,
     errmsg => 'RedmineCacheCredsMax must be decimal number',
   },
+  {
+    name => 'RedmineGitSmartHttp',
+    req_override => OR_AUTHCFG,
+    args_how => TAKE1,
+  },
 );
 
 sub RedmineDSN { 
@@ -178,6 +245,17 @@ sub RedmineCacheCredsMax {
   }
 }
 
+sub RedmineGitSmartHttp {
+  my ($self, $parms, $arg) = @_;
+  $arg = lc $arg;
+
+  if ($arg eq "yes" || $arg eq "true") {
+    $self->{RedmineGitSmartHttp} = 1;
+  } else {
+    $self->{RedmineGitSmartHttp} = 0;
+  }
+}
+
 sub trim {
   my $string = shift;
   $string =~ s/\s{2,}/ /g;
@@ -194,6 +272,22 @@ Apache2::Module::add(__PACKAGE__, \@directives);
 
 my %read_only_methods = map { $_ => 1 } qw/GET PROPFIND REPORT OPTIONS/;
 
+sub request_is_read_only {
+  my ($r) = @_;
+  my $cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config(__PACKAGE__, $r->server, $r->per_dir_config);
+
+  # Do we use Git's smart HTTP protocol, or not?
+  if (defined $cfg->{RedmineGitSmartHttp} and $cfg->{RedmineGitSmartHttp}) {
+    my $uri = $r->unparsed_uri;
+    my $is_read_only = $uri !~ /^\/git\/.*\/[^\/]*git\-receive\-pack$/o;
+    return $is_read_only;
+  } else {
+    # Old behaviour: check the HTTP method
+    my $method = $r->method;
+    return defined $read_only_methods{$method};
+  }
+}
+
 sub access_handler {
   my $r = shift;
 
@@ -202,8 +296,7 @@ sub access_handler {
       return FORBIDDEN;
   }
 
-  my $method = $r->method;
-  return OK unless defined $read_only_methods{$method};
+  return OK unless request_is_read_only($r);
 
   my $project_id = get_project_identifier($r);
 
@@ -320,6 +413,8 @@ sub is_member {
 
       unless ($auth_source_id) {
 	  my $method = $r->method;
+          if ($hashed_password eq $pass_digest && ((request_is_read_only($r) && $permissions =~ /:browse_repository/) || $permissions =~ /:commit_access/) ) {
+          if ($hashed_password eq $pass_digest && ((defined $read_only_methods{$method} && $permissions =~ /:browse_repository/) || $permissions =~ /:commit_access/) ) {
           if ($hashed_password eq $pass_digest && ((defined $read_only_methods{$method} && $permissions =~ /:browse_repository/) || $permissions =~ /:commit_access/) ) {
               $ret = 1;
               last;