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@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ USER root
 
 # nodejs   -> JS actions runtime (actions/checkout, actions/setup-go, ...)
 # git      -> checkout
+# git-daemon -> provides git-http-backend, which Alpine splits OUT of the `git`
+#             package (git alone ships git-remote-http/https but NOT the CGI
+#             backend). Without it, internal/forgeprobe's smart-HTTP tests died
+#             with "fork/exec git-http-backend: no such file or directory" and
+#             reported three FAILURES for a missing tool — which turned Gitea CI
+#             red on every zegit master commit while GitHub stayed green, for
+#             hours, unnoticed.
 # bash     -> `shell: bash` steps and many action entrypoints
 # coreutils-> GNU userland (alpine busybox tools trip up some scripts)
 # curl,tar -> setup-go / gitleaks download + extract their own arch-specific binaries
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ USER root
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
       nodejs \
       git \
+      git-daemon \
       bash \
       coreutils \
       curl \