diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ScmTransportProtocol.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ScmTransportProtocol.java
index 3481ccd0d1..fc31f2d686 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ScmTransportProtocol.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ScmTransportProtocol.java
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ public class ScmTransportProtocol extends TransportProtocol
 {
 
   /** Field description */
-  private static final String NAME = "scm";
+  public static final String NAME = "scm";
 
   /** Field description */
-  private static final Set<String> SCHEMES = ImmutableSet.of("scm");
+  private static final Set<String> SCHEMES = ImmutableSet.of(NAME);
 
   //~--- constructors ---------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
index 22fce5f330..f12818aa80 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ScmTransportProtocol;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,16 @@ public class SimpleGitWorkdirFactory implements GitWorkdirFactory {
 
   protected Repository cloneRepository(File bareRepository, File target) throws GitAPIException {
     return Git.cloneRepository()
-      .setURI(bareRepository.getAbsolutePath())
+      .setURI(createScmTransportProtocolUri(bareRepository))
       .setDirectory(target)
       .call()
       .getRepository();
   }
 
+  private String createScmTransportProtocolUri(File bareRepository) {
+    return ScmTransportProtocol.NAME + "://" + bareRepository.getAbsolutePath();
+  }
+
   private void close(Repository repository) {
     repository.close();
     try {
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
index 380619dfa5..d0c7db6657 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitMergeCommandTest.java
@@ -10,15 +10,26 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ScmTransportProtocol;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import sonia.scm.repository.GitRepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Person;
+import sonia.scm.repository.PreProcessorUtil;
+import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.HookContextFactory;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.MergeCommandResult;
 import sonia.scm.user.User;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static com.google.inject.util.Providers.of;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 @SubjectAware(configuration = "classpath:sonia/scm/configuration/shiro.ini", username = "admin", password = "secret")
 public class GitMergeCommandTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
@@ -28,6 +39,18 @@ public class GitMergeCommandTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
   @Rule
   public ShiroRule shiro = new ShiroRule();
 
+  @Before
+  public void bindScmProtocol() {
+    HookContextFactory hookContextFactory = new HookContextFactory(mock(PreProcessorUtil.class));
+    RepositoryManager repositoryManager = mock(RepositoryManager.class);
+    HookEventFacade hookEventFacade = new HookEventFacade(of(repositoryManager), hookContextFactory);
+    GitRepositoryHandler gitRepositoryHandler = mock(GitRepositoryHandler.class);
+    Transport.register(new ScmTransportProtocol(of(hookEventFacade), of(gitRepositoryHandler)));
+
+    when(gitRepositoryHandler.getRepositoryId(any())).thenReturn("1");
+    when(repositoryManager.get("1")).thenReturn(new sonia.scm.repository.Repository());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void shouldDetectMergeableBranches() {
     GitMergeCommand command = createCommand();
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactoryTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactoryTest.java
index 0c39a1deb0..da26ebaf20 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactoryTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactoryTest.java
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ScmTransportProtocol;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import sonia.scm.repository.GitRepositoryHandler;
+import sonia.scm.repository.PreProcessorUtil;
+import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.HookContextFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static com.google.inject.util.Providers.of;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
@@ -18,6 +27,14 @@ public class SimpleGitWorkdirFactoryTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
   @Rule
   public TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
 
+  @Before
+  public void bindScmProtocol() {
+    HookContextFactory hookContextFactory = new HookContextFactory(mock(PreProcessorUtil.class));
+    HookEventFacade hookEventFacade = new HookEventFacade(of(mock(RepositoryManager.class)), hookContextFactory);
+    GitRepositoryHandler gitRepositoryHandler = mock(GitRepositoryHandler.class);
+    Transport.register(new ScmTransportProtocol(of(hookEventFacade), of(gitRepositoryHandler)));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void emptyPoolShouldCreateNewWorkdir() throws IOException {
     SimpleGitWorkdirFactory factory = new SimpleGitWorkdirFactory(temporaryFolder.newFolder());