diff --git a/template/bin/list-all b/template/bin/list-all
index 943371e..55bf7b1 100755
--- a/template/bin/list-all
+++ b/template/bin/list-all
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ plugin_dir=$(dirname "$(dirname "$current_script_path")")
 # shellcheck source=../lib/utils.bash
 source "${plugin_dir}/lib/utils.bash"
 
-list_all_versions | sort_versions | xargs echo
+list_all_versions | xargs echo
diff --git a/template/lib/utils.bash b/template/lib/utils.bash
index 85a1c69..2acb2fb 100755
--- a/template/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/template/lib/utils.bash
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# TODO: Ensure this is the correct GitHub homepage where releases can be downloaded for <YOUR TOOL>.
-GH_REPO="<TOOL REPO>"
+GIT_REMINDER_FILE="${ASDF_INSTALL_PATH}/.upgradegit"
+GIT_VERSION=$(git --version)
+GIT_VERSION=${GIT_VERSION##* }
+# TODO: Ensure this is the correct GitHub/GitLab homepage where releases can be downloaded for <YOUR TOOL>.
+REPO="<TOOL REPO>"
 TOOL_NAME="<YOUR TOOL>"
 TOOL_TEST="<TOOL CHECK>"
+IS_GITHUB=$(
+  [[ "$REPO" =~ "github" ]]
+  echo $?
+)
+
+git_supports_sort() {
+  awk '{ split($0,a,"."); if ((a[1] < 2) || (a[2] < 18)) { print "1" } else { print "0" } }' <<<"$1"
+}
 
 fail() {
   echo -e "asdf-$TOOL_NAME: $*"
@@ -14,26 +25,53 @@ fail() {
 
 curl_opts=(-fsSL)
 
-# NOTE: You might want to remove this if <YOUR TOOL> is not hosted on GitHub releases.
+if [ $(git_supports_sort "${GIT_VERSION}") -eq 0 ]; then
+  rm -f "${GIT_REMINDER_FILE}"
+  GIT_SUPPORTS_SORT=0
+else
+  GIT_SUPPORTS_SORT=1
+  if [ ! -f "${GIT_REMINDER_FILE}" ]; then
+    printf "consider upgrading git to a version >= 2.18.0 for faster asdf - you have v${GIT_VERSION}\n"
+    touch "${GIT_REMINDER_FILE}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# NOTE: You might want to remove this if <YOUR TOOL> is not hosted on GitHub or GitLab releases.
 if [ -n "${GITHUB_API_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
   curl_opts=("${curl_opts[@]}" -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_API_TOKEN")
+elif [ -n "${GITLAB_API_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+  curl_opts=("${curl_opts[@]}" -H "Authorization: token $GITLAB_API_TOKEN")
 fi
 
-sort_versions() {
-  sed 'h; s/[+-]/./g; s/.p\([[:digit:]]\)/.z\1/; s/$/.z/; G; s/\n/ /' |
-    LC_ALL=C sort -t. -k 1,1 -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n -k 5,5n | awk '{print $2}'
-}
-
-list_github_tags() {
-  git ls-remote --tags --refs "$GH_REPO" |
-    grep -o 'refs/tags/.*' | cut -d/ -f3- |
-    sed 's/^v//' # NOTE: You might want to adapt this sed to remove non-version strings from tags
+# NOTE: If <YOUR TOOL> doesn't issue releases according to something resembling semver,
+# you will need to edit the awk regex.
+list_remote_tags() {
+  if [ ${GIT_SUPPORTS_SORT} -eq 0 ]; then
+    git -c 'versionsort.suffix=a' -c 'versionsort.suffix=b' \
+      -c 'versionsort.suffix=r' -c 'versionsort.suffix=p' \
+      -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' -c 'versionsort.suffix=_' \
+      ls-remote --exit-code --tags --refs --sort="version:refname" "$REPO" |
+      awk -F'[/v]' '$NF ~ /^[0-9]+.*/ { print $NF }' || fail "no releases found"
+  else
+    git ls-remote --exit-code --tags --refs "$REPO" |
+      awk -F'[/v]' '$NF ~ /^[0-9]+.*/ { print $NF }' || fail "no releases found"
+  fi
 }
 
 list_all_versions() {
   # TODO: Adapt this. By default we simply list the tag names from GitHub releases.
   # Change this function if <YOUR TOOL> has other means of determining installable versions.
-  list_github_tags
+  if [ ${GIT_SUPPORTS_SORT} -eq 0 ]; then
+    list_remote_tags
+  else
+    list_remote_tags | sort_versions
+  fi
+}
+
+# NOTE: This is a fallback for if the user's installed version of git doesn't support sorting.
+sort_versions() {
+  sed 'h; s/[+-]/./g; s/.p\([[:digit:]]\)/.z\1/; s/$/.z/; G; s/\n/ /' |
+    LC_ALL=C sort -t. -k 1,1 -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n -k 5,5n | awk '{print $2}'
 }
 
 download_release() {
@@ -42,10 +80,14 @@ download_release() {
   filename="$2"
 
   # TODO: Adapt the release URL convention for <YOUR TOOL>
-  url="$GH_REPO/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-
+  if [ $IS_GITHUB -eq 0 ]; then
+    url="$REPO/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+  else
+    url="$REPO/-/archive/${version}/${TOOL_NAME}-${version}.tar.gz"
+  fi
+  printf "%s: %s\n" "url" "$url"
   echo "* Downloading $TOOL_NAME release $version..."
-  curl "${curl_opts[@]}" -o "$filename" -C - "$url" || fail "Could not download $url"
+  curl "${curl_opts[@]}" -o "$filename" "$url" || fail "Could not download $url"
 }
 
 install_version() {