git clone --reference=<repository> (without --dissociate), forgets to copy/get_pack_of objects from <repository> when "--no-local"/"file://" is present

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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

(repo7 and repo8 should behave similar to repo5 and repo6, i.e. setup ".git/objects/info/alternates" && copy/get_pack_of objects;) (repo7 and repo8 shouldn't: forget to copy/get_pack_of objects.) (The problem only surfaces after "./client/mirror.git/" is removed: repo7 and repo8 should have the original objects (so git log shouldn't give error) but they don't have.)

cd '/'; cd '/'; rm --force --recursive -- './test_git'; mkdir "$_"; cd "$_"; mkdir --parents -- './server' './client';

git -C './server' init --bare './repo.git' git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --allow-empty -m "$((++number))" find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --shared '../server/repo.git' './repo1' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --shared --local '../server/repo.git' './repo2' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --shared --no-local '../server/repo.git' './repo3' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --shared 'file://'"$(realpath './server/repo.git')" './repo4' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

cp --recursive --no-target-directory -- './server/repo.git' './client/mirror.git/'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' '../server/repo.git' './repo5' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --local '../server/repo.git' './repo6' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --no-local '../server/repo.git' './repo7' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' 'file://'"$(realpath './server/repo.git')" './repo8' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --dissociate '../server/repo.git' './repo9' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --dissociate --local '../server/repo.git' './repo10' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --dissociate --no-local '../server/repo.git' './repo11' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

git -C './client' clone --reference='./mirror.git' --dissociate 'file://'"$(realpath './server/repo.git')" './repo12' find './server/repo.git/objects' -printf '%p %n\n'

tree './client/repo1/.git/objects' tree './client/repo2/.git/objects' tree './client/repo3/.git/objects' tree './client/repo4/.git/objects' tree './client/repo5/.git/objects' tree './client/repo6/.git/objects' tree './client/repo7/.git/objects' tree './client/repo8/.git/objects' tree './client/repo9/.git/objects' tree './client/repo10/.git/objects' tree './client/repo11/.git/objects' tree './client/repo12/.git/objects'

git -C './client/repo1' log git -C './client/repo2' log git -C './client/repo3' log git -C './client/repo4' log git -C './client/repo5' log git -C './client/repo6' log git -C './client/repo7' log git -C './client/repo8' log git -C './client/repo9' log git -C './client/repo10' log git -C './client/repo11' log git -C './client/repo12' log

git -C './server/repo.git' cat-file --batch-check --batch-all-objects git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --amend --allow-empty -m "$((++number))" git -C './server/repo.git' cat-file --batch-check --batch-all-objects git -C './server/repo.git' -c 'gc.pruneExpire=now' -c 'gc.reflogExpireUnreachable=now' gc git -C './server/repo.git' cat-file --batch-check --batch-all-objects git -C './client/repo1' log git -C './client/repo2' log git -C './client/repo3' log git -C './client/repo4' log git -C './client/repo5' log git -C './client/repo6' log git -C './client/repo7' log git -C './client/repo8' log git -C './client/repo9' log git -C './client/repo10' log git -C './client/repo11' log git -C './client/repo12' log

rm --force --recursive -- './client/mirror.git/' cp --recursive --no-target-directory -- './server/repo.git' './client/mirror.git/' git -C './client/repo1' log git -C './client/repo2' log git -C './client/repo3' log git -C './client/repo4' log git -C './client/repo5' log git -C './client/repo6' log git -C './client/repo7' log git -C './client/repo8' log git -C './client/repo9' log git -C './client/repo10' log git -C './client/repo11' log git -C './client/repo12' log

rm --force --recursive -- './client/mirror.git/' git -C './client/repo1' log git -C './client/repo2' log git -C './client/repo3' log git -C './client/repo4' log git -C './client/repo5' log git -C './client/repo6' log git -C './client/repo7' log git -C './client/repo8' log git -C './client/repo9' log git -C './client/repo10' log git -C './client/repo11' log git -C './client/repo12' log

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

repo7 and repo8 should behave similar to repo5 and repo6, i.e. setup ".git/objects/info/alternates" && copy/get_pack_of objects; repo7 and repo8 shouldn't: forget to copy/get_pack_of objects. The problem only surfaces after "./client/mirror.git/" is removed: repo7 and repo8 should have the original objects (so git log shouldn't give error) but they don't have. BTW, --shared (setup ".git/objects/info/alternates") / --local (hard_link) / --no-hardlinks (copy) / --no-local (use the regular Git transport, gives a pack) should be mutually exclusive.

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

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