4 files changed, 4 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/fetch.rs b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/fetch.rs
index a7210d0..34a02fc 100644
--- a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/fetch.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ use nostr::nips::nip19;
 use nostr_sdk::{Event, ToBech32};
 
 use crate::utils::{
-    Direction, fetch_or_list_error_is_not_authentication_failure,
-    find_proposal_and_patches_by_branch_name, get_oids_from_fetch_batch,
+    Direction, find_proposal_and_patches_by_branch_name, get_oids_from_fetch_batch,
     get_open_or_draft_proposals, get_read_protocols_to_try, join_with_and, set_protocol_preference,
 };
 
@@ -196,12 +195,6 @@ pub fn fetch_from_git_server(
                 format!("fetch: {formatted_url} failed over {protocol}: {error}").as_str(),
             )?;
             failed_protocols.push(protocol);
-            if protocol == &ServerProtocol::Ssh
-                && fetch_or_list_error_is_not_authentication_failure(&error)
-            {
-                // authenticated by failed to complete request
-                break;
-            }
         } else {
             success = true;
             if !failed_protocols.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
index eba573b..2d233ae 100644
--- a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
+++ b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/list.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ use crate::{
     fetch::{fetch_from_git_server, make_commits_for_proposal},
     git::Repo,
     utils::{
-        Direction, fetch_or_list_error_is_not_authentication_failure, get_open_or_draft_proposals,
-        get_read_protocols_to_try, get_short_git_server_name, join_with_and,
-        set_protocol_preference,
+        Direction, get_open_or_draft_proposals, get_read_protocols_to_try,
+        get_short_git_server_name, join_with_and, set_protocol_preference,
     },
 };
 
@@ -244,12 +243,6 @@ pub fn list_from_remote(
                     format!("list: {formatted_url} failed over {protocol}: {error}").as_str(),
                 )?;
                 failed_protocols.push(protocol);
-                if protocol == &ServerProtocol::Ssh
-                    && fetch_or_list_error_is_not_authentication_failure(&error)
-                {
-                    // authenticated by failed to complete request
-                    break;
-                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/push.rs b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/push.rs
index 0cb1107..4eae92f 100644
--- a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/push.rs
+++ b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/push.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ use crate::{
     utils::{
         Direction, find_proposal_and_patches_by_branch_name, get_all_proposals,
         get_remote_name_by_url, get_short_git_server_name, get_write_protocols_to_try,
-        join_with_and, push_error_is_not_authentication_failure, read_line,
-        set_protocol_preference,
+        join_with_and, read_line, set_protocol_preference,
     },
 };
 
@@ -430,9 +429,6 @@ fn push_to_remote(
                 format!("push: {formatted_url} failed over {protocol}: {error}").as_str(),
             )?;
             failed_protocols.push(protocol);
-            if push_error_is_not_authentication_failure(&error) {
-                break;
-            }
         } else {
             success = true;
             if !failed_protocols.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/utils.rs b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/utils.rs
index 5048ce2..3a9f07d 100644
--- a/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/utils.rs
+++ b/src/bin/git_remote_nostr/utils.rs
@@ -354,16 +354,6 @@ pub fn set_protocol_preference(
     )
 }
 
-/// to understand whether to try over another protocol
-pub fn fetch_or_list_error_is_not_authentication_failure(error: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
-    !error_might_be_authentication_related(error)
-}
-
-/// to understand whether to try over another protocol
-pub fn push_error_is_not_authentication_failure(error: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
-    !error_might_be_authentication_related(error)
-}
-
 pub fn error_might_be_authentication_related(error: &anyhow::Error) -> bool {
     let error_str = error.to_string();
     for s in [