From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:19:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] odb: ignore refs of shallow and grafted alternates
Message-ID: <xmqq7bjfby9s.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20261014181134.56220-3-iwiedler@gitlab.com>

Igor Wiedler <iwiedler@gitlab.com> writes:

> diff --git a/t/t5618-alternate-refs.sh b/t/t5618-alternate-refs.sh
> index 4cc39af0f0..9c3862709a 100755
> --- a/t/t5618-alternate-refs.sh
> +++ b/t/t5618-alternate-refs.sh
> @@ -70,4 +70,17 @@ test_expect_success 'connectivity check of a deepening fetch excludes alternate
>  		--alternate-refs --quiet <deepen.trace
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'refs of a shallow alternate are ignored' '
> +	git clone --depth=1 "file://$TRASH_DIRECTORY" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/shallow" &&
> +	test_commit -C "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/shallow" shallow-only &&
> +	git -C "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/shallow" rev-parse HEAD >shallow-tip &&
> +	cp .git/objects/info/alternates alternates.bak &&
> +	test_when_finished "mv alternates.bak .git/objects/info/alternates" &&
> +	echo "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/shallow/.git/objects" >>.git/objects/info/alternates &&
> +	git cat-file -e $(cat shallow-tip) &&
> +	git rev-list --remotes=origin >expect &&
> +	git rev-list --alternate-refs >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'

This seems to break CI only on Windows

  https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/39084117165/job/117547610467#step:5:279
  https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/39084117165/job/117547743280#step:6:272

I'll eject the topic from 'seen' for now.

Thanks.