diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.txt
index 83bfe3d665e9fb..85d8e262401486 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ better off using the revision walk API instead.
 	the revision walk so that the walk emits commits marked with the
 	`UNINTERESTING` flag.
 
+`edge_aggressive`::
+	For performance reasons, usually only the boundary commits are
+	explored to find UNINTERESTING objects. However, in the case of
+	shallow clones it can be helpful to mark all trees and blobs
+	reachable from UNINTERESTING tip commits as UNINTERESTING. This
+	matches the behavior of `--objects-edge-aggressive` in the
+	revision API.
+
 `pl`::
 	This pattern list pointer allows focusing the path-walk search to
 	a set of patterns, only emitting paths that match the given
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index b49f5fe797a28d..aa694204d8b313 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static int keep_unreachable, unpack_unreachable, include_tag;
 static timestamp_t unpack_unreachable_expiration;
 static int pack_loose_unreachable;
 static int cruft;
+static int shallow = 0;
 static timestamp_t cruft_expiration;
 static int local;
 static int have_non_local_packs;
@@ -4438,6 +4439,7 @@ static void get_object_list_path_walk(struct rev_info *revs)
 	 * base objects.
 	 */
 	info.prune_all_uninteresting = sparse;
+	info.edge_aggressive = shallow;
 
 	if (walk_objects_by_path(&info))
 		die(_("failed to pack objects via path-walk"));
@@ -4627,7 +4629,6 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		     struct repository *repo UNUSED)
 {
 	int use_internal_rev_list = 0;
-	int shallow = 0;
 	int all_progress_implied = 0;
 	struct strvec rp = STRVEC_INIT;
 	int rev_list_unpacked = 0, rev_list_all = 0, rev_list_reflog = 0;
@@ -4812,10 +4813,6 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		warning(_("cannot use delta islands with --path-walk"));
 		path_walk = 0;
 	}
-	if (path_walk && shallow) {
-		warning(_("cannot use --shallow with --path-walk"));
-		path_walk = 0;
-	}
 	if (path_walk) {
 		strvec_push(&rp, "--boundary");
 		 /*
diff --git a/path-walk.c b/path-walk.c
index c0be95922c1615..6451e16562971f 100644
--- a/path-walk.c
+++ b/path-walk.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
+#include "list-objects.h"
 
 struct type_and_oid_list
 {
@@ -233,6 +234,26 @@ static void clear_strmap(struct strmap *map)
 	strmap_init(map);
 }
 
+static struct repository *edge_repo;
+static struct type_and_oid_list *edge_tree_list;
+
+static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	struct tree *t = repo_get_commit_tree(edge_repo, commit);
+
+	if (!t)
+		return;
+
+	if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+		t->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
+
+	if (t->object.flags & SEEN)
+		return;
+	t->object.flags |= SEEN;
+
+	oid_array_append(&edge_tree_list->oids, &t->object.oid);
+}
+
 /**
  * Given the configuration of 'info', walk the commits based on 'info->revs' and
  * call 'info->path_fn' on each discovered path.
@@ -242,7 +263,7 @@ static void clear_strmap(struct strmap *map)
 int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 {
 	const char *root_path = "";
-	int ret = 0, has_uninteresting = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	size_t commits_nr = 0, paths_nr = 0;
 	struct commit *c;
 	struct type_and_oid_list *root_tree_list;
@@ -254,7 +275,6 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 		.path_stack = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP,
 		.paths_to_lists = STRMAP_INIT
 	};
-	struct oidset root_tree_set = OIDSET_INIT;
 
 	trace2_region_enter("path-walk", "commit-walk", info->revs->repo);
 
@@ -280,6 +300,18 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(info->revs))
 		die(_("failed to setup revision walk"));
 
+	/*
+	 * Do an initial walk of tip commits in info->revs->commits and
+	 * info->revs->cmdline.rev to match the standard edge-walk behavior.
+	 *
+	 * This is particularly important when 'edge_aggressive' is set.
+	 */
+	info->revs->edge_hint_aggressive = info->edge_aggressive;
+
+	edge_repo = info->revs->repo;
+	edge_tree_list = root_tree_list;
+	mark_edges_uninteresting(info->revs, show_edge, info->prune_all_uninteresting);
+
 	info->revs->blob_objects = info->revs->tree_objects = 0;
 
 	if (info->tags) {
@@ -366,17 +398,10 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 			if (t->object.flags & SEEN)
 				continue;
 			t->object.flags |= SEEN;
-
-			if (!oidset_insert(&root_tree_set, oid))
-				oid_array_append(&root_tree_list->oids, oid);
+			oid_array_append(&root_tree_list->oids, oid);
 		} else {
 			warning("could not find tree %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
 		}
-
-		if (t && (c->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)) {
-			t->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
-			has_uninteresting = 1;
-		}
 	}
 
 	trace2_data_intmax("path-walk", ctx.repo, "commits", commits_nr);
@@ -389,21 +414,6 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 	oid_array_clear(&commit_list->oids);
 	free(commit_list);
 
-	/*
-	 * Before performing a DFS of our paths and emitting them as interesting,
-	 * do a full walk of the trees to distribute the UNINTERESTING bit. Use
-	 * the sparse algorithm if prune_all_uninteresting was set.
-	 */
-	if (has_uninteresting) {
-		trace2_region_enter("path-walk", "uninteresting-walk", info->revs->repo);
-		if (info->prune_all_uninteresting)
-			mark_trees_uninteresting_sparse(ctx.repo, &root_tree_set);
-		else
-			mark_trees_uninteresting_dense(ctx.repo, &root_tree_set);
-		trace2_region_leave("path-walk", "uninteresting-walk", info->revs->repo);
-	}
-	oidset_clear(&root_tree_set);
-
 	string_list_append(&ctx.path_stack, root_path);
 
 	trace2_region_enter("path-walk", "path-walk", info->revs->repo);
diff --git a/path-walk.h b/path-walk.h
index 090cda3b5cf8f4..d19048d0d312e5 100644
--- a/path-walk.h
+++ b/path-walk.h
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ struct path_walk_info {
 	 */
 	int prune_all_uninteresting;
 
+	/**
+	 * When 'edge_aggressive' is set, then the revision walk will use
+	 * the '--object-edge-aggressive' option to mark even more objects
+	 * as uninteresting.
+	 */
+	int edge_aggressive;
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify a sparse-checkout definition to match our paths to. Do not
 	 * walk outside of this sparse definition. If the patterns are in
diff --git a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
index 6adc3a20a45b77..7b3efd9b313f15 100755
--- a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
@@ -124,4 +124,38 @@ EOF
 	git cat-file blob $(echo 1|git hash-object --stdin) >/dev/null
 	)
 '
+
+test_expect_success 'push new commit from shallow clone has correct object count' '
+	git init origin &&
+	test_commit -C origin a &&
+	test_commit -C origin b &&
+
+	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/origin" client &&
+	git -C client checkout -b topic &&
+	git -C client commit --allow-empty -m "empty" &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git -C client push --progress origin topic 2>err &&
+	test_grep "Enumerating objects: 1, done." err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push new commit from shallow clone has good deltas' '
+	git init base &&
+	test_seq 1 999 >base/a &&
+	test_commit -C base initial &&
+	git -C base add a &&
+	git -C base commit -m "big a" &&
+
+	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/base" deltas &&
+	git -C deltas checkout -b deltas &&
+	test_seq 1 1000 >deltas/a &&
+	git -C deltas commit -a -m "bigger a" &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.txt" \
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git -C deltas push --progress origin deltas 2>err &&
+
+	test_grep "Enumerating objects: 5, done" err &&
+
+	# If the delta base is found, then this message uses "bytes".
+	# If the delta base is not found, then this message uses "KiB".
+	test_grep "Writing objects: .* bytes" err
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 425aa8d8789ed1..7923dfbf3cb5a7 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch lazy-fetches only to resolve deltas' '
 	# used as delta bases!
 	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" \
 	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+	GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=0 \
 		git -C client \
 		fetch "file://$(pwd)/server" main &&
 
@@ -557,6 +558,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch lazy-fetches only to resolve deltas, protocol v2' '
 	# used as delta bases!
 	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" \
 	GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH=0 \
+	GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=0 \
 		git -C client \
 		fetch "file://$(pwd)/server" main &&
 
diff --git a/t/t6601-path-walk.sh b/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
index 312bf3c19c176a..d67a077d37b99d 100755
--- a/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
+++ b/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ test_expect_success 'topic, not base' '
 	COMMIT::$(git rev-parse topic)
 	commits:1
 	TREE::$(git rev-parse topic^{tree})
-	TREE:left/:$(git rev-parse topic:left)
+	TREE:left/:$(git rev-parse base~1:left):UNINTERESTING
 	TREE:right/:$(git rev-parse topic:right)
 	trees:3
-	BLOB:a:$(git rev-parse topic:a)
-	BLOB:left/b:$(git rev-parse topic:left/b)
+	BLOB:a:$(git rev-parse base~1:a):UNINTERESTING
+	BLOB:left/b:$(git rev-parse base~1:left/b):UNINTERESTING
 	BLOB:right/c:$(git rev-parse topic:right/c)
-	BLOB:right/d:$(git rev-parse topic:right/d)
+	BLOB:right/d:$(git rev-parse base~1:right/d):UNINTERESTING
 	blobs:4
 	tags:0
 	EOF
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ test_expect_success 'topic, not base, only blobs' '
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	commits:0
 	trees:0
-	BLOB:a:$(git rev-parse topic:a)
-	BLOB:left/b:$(git rev-parse topic:left/b)
+	BLOB:a:$(git rev-parse base~1:a):UNINTERESTING
+	BLOB:left/b:$(git rev-parse base~1:left/b):UNINTERESTING
 	BLOB:right/c:$(git rev-parse topic:right/c)
-	BLOB:right/d:$(git rev-parse topic:right/d)
+	BLOB:right/d:$(git rev-parse base~1:right/d):UNINTERESTING
 	blobs:4
 	tags:0
 	EOF
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ test_expect_success 'topic, not base, only trees' '
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	commits:0
 	TREE::$(git rev-parse topic^{tree})
-	TREE:left/:$(git rev-parse topic:left)
+	TREE:left/:$(git rev-parse base~1:left):UNINTERESTING
 	TREE:right/:$(git rev-parse topic:right)
 	trees:3
 	blobs:0