tests: make forging GPG signed commits and tags more robust

diff --git a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
index 8552184e741fe2465e746a3ac42d19edddb15576..6d7d88ccc906a4c73285550ec80cd3fe67a764ee 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
+++ b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch changes via manual http-fetch' '
        test_cmp file clone2/file
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'manual http-fetch without -a works just as well' '
+       cp -R clone-tmpl clone3 &&
+
+       HEAD=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+       (cd clone3 &&
+        git http-fetch -w heads/master-new $HEAD $(git config remote.origin.url) &&
+        git checkout master-new &&
+        test $HEAD = $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)) &&
+       test_cmp file clone3/file
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'http remote detects correct HEAD' '
        git push public master:other &&
        (cd clone &&