t1408: add a test of stale packed refs covered by loose refs

It is OK for the packed-refs file to contain old reference definitions that might even refer to objects that have since been garbage-collected, as long as there is a corresponding loose reference definition that overrides it. Add a test that such references don't cause problems. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Junio C Hamano committed Jun 23, 2017 at 09:01 UTC 74195c69adb922b32a93d5885004337c892e9bc3
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1 +#!/bin/sh
2 +
3 +test_description='packed-refs entries are covered by loose refs'
4 +
5 +. ./test-lib.sh
6 +
7 +test_expect_success setup '
8 + test_tick &&
9 + git commit --allow-empty -m one &&
10 + one=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
11 + git for-each-ref >actual &&
12 + echo "$one commit refs/heads/master" >expect &&
13 + test_cmp expect actual &&
14 +
15 + git pack-refs --all &&
16 + git for-each-ref >actual &&
17 + echo "$one commit refs/heads/master" >expect &&
18 + test_cmp expect actual &&
19 +
20 + git checkout --orphan another &&
21 + test_tick &&
22 + git commit --allow-empty -m two &&
23 + two=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
24 + git checkout -B master &&
25 + git branch -D another &&
26 +
27 + git for-each-ref >actual &&
28 + echo "$two commit refs/heads/master" >expect &&
29 + test_cmp expect actual &&
30 +
31 + git reflog expire --expire=now --all &&
32 + git prune &&
33 + git tag -m v1.0 v1.0 master
34 +'
35 +
36 +test_expect_success 'no error from stale entry in packed-refs' '
37 + git describe master >actual 2>&1 &&
38 + echo "v1.0" >expect &&
39 + test_cmp expect actual
40 +'
41 +
42 +test_done