test_i18ngrep "unable to access.*/redir-to/502" stderr
'
-stop_httpd
+test_expect_success 'fetching via http alternates works' '
+ parent=$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/alt-parent.git &&
+ git init --bare "$parent" &&
+ git -C "$parent" --work-tree=. commit --allow-empty -m foo &&
+ git -C "$parent" update-server-info &&
+ commit=$(git -C "$parent" rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+ child=$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/alt-child.git &&
+ git init --bare "$child" &&
+ echo "../../alt-parent.git/objects" >"$child/objects/info/alternates" &&
+ git -C "$child" update-ref HEAD $commit &&
+ git -C "$child" update-server-info &&
+
+ git -c http.followredirects=true clone "$HTTPD_URL/dumb/alt-child.git"
+'
+
test_done