Re: [PATCH v4 1/9] builtin/receive-pack: properly clean up keep files

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 04:53:03PM -0500, Justin Tobler wrote:
> What we don't verify is that the ".keep" file is getting migrated to the
> target repository and stays intact while we're updating references. So
> do we maybe want to add the following diff so that we test for the full
> lifecycle of the ".keep" file?
> 
> diff --git a/t/t5547-push-quarantine.sh b/t/t5547-push-quarantine.sh
> index 3da253cc1a..a722a01e8d 100755
> --- a/t/t5547-push-quarantine.sh
> +++ b/t/t5547-push-quarantine.sh
> @@ -83,11 +83,19 @@ test_expect_success '.keep file is removed after push' '
>  	test -f "$keep"
>  	EOF
>  
> +	# And when updating references the keep-file should have been migrated
> +	# to the actual repository.
> +	test_hook -C keep.git reference-transaction <<-\EOF &&
> +	keep="$(ls objects/pack/pack-*.keep)" &&
> +	test -f "$keep"
> +	EOF
> +
>  	test_commit foo &&
>  	git push keep.git HEAD &&
> +
> +	# Once done, there should be no ".keep" files anywhere anymore.
>  	pack="$(ls keep.git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack)" &&
>  	keep="${pack%.pack}.keep" &&
> -
>  	test_path_is_file "$pack" &&
>  	test_path_is_missing "$keep"
>  '