test_cmp unchanged actual
'
+test_expect_success 'delete fails cleanly if packed-refs.new write fails' '
+ # Setup and expectations are similar to the test above.
+ prefix=refs/failed-packed-refs &&
+ git update-ref $prefix/foo $C &&
+ git pack-refs --all &&
+ git update-ref $prefix/foo $D &&
+ git for-each-ref $prefix >unchanged &&
+ # This should not happen in practice, but it is an easy way to get a
+ # reliable error (we open with create_tempfile(), which uses O_EXCL).
+ : >.git/packed-refs.new &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -f .git/packed-refs.new" &&
+ test_must_fail git update-ref -d $prefix/foo &&
+ git for-each-ref $prefix >actual &&
+ test_cmp unchanged actual
+'
+
test_done