transport-helper.c: do not overwrite forced bit

diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
index a80584ea0eaba854ff21318e3c9646f72325bee7..d87ddf73b7127bc624ca739653db9389831b817e 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
@@ -393,6 +393,17 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch in shallow repo unreachable shallow objects' '
                git fsck --no-dangling
        )
 '
+test_expect_success 'fetch creating new shallow root' '
+       (
+               git clone "file://$(pwd)/." shallow10 &&
+               git commit --allow-empty -m empty &&
+               cd shallow10 &&
+               git fetch --depth=1 --progress 2>actual &&
+               # This should fetch only the empty commit, no tree or
+               # blob objects
+               grep "remote: Total 1" actual
+       )
+'
 
 test_expect_success 'setup tests for the --stdin parameter' '
        for head in C D E F