test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'set up tests of missing reference' '
+ cat >expect-error <<-\EOF
+ error: no such remote ref refs/heads/xyzzy
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'test lonely missing ref' '
+ (
+ cd client &&
+ test_must_fail git fetch-pack --no-progress .. refs/heads/xyzzy
+ ) >/dev/null 2>error-m &&
+ test_cmp expect-error error-m
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'test missing ref after existing' '
+ (
+ cd client &&
+ test_must_fail git fetch-pack --no-progress .. refs/heads/A refs/heads/xyzzy
+ ) >/dev/null 2>error-em &&
+ test_cmp expect-error error-em
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'test missing ref before existing' '
+ (
+ cd client &&
+ test_must_fail git fetch-pack --no-progress .. refs/heads/xyzzy refs/heads/A
+ ) >/dev/null 2>error-me &&
+ test_cmp expect-error error-me
+'
+
test_done