real_path(): properly handle nonexistent top-level paths

diff --git a/t/t7102-reset.sh b/t/t7102-reset.sh
index f1cfc9ac959ee281d50f7b8a51fdcefd2d0670e7..b096dc88c2f4caf28887cf8fea5d700f0132f5a3 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7102-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7102-reset.sh
@@ -429,6 +429,21 @@ test_expect_success '--mixed refreshes the index' '
        test_i18ncmp expect output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'resetting specific path that is unmerged' '
+       git rm --cached file2 &&
+       F1=$(git rev-parse HEAD:file1) &&
+       F2=$(git rev-parse HEAD:file2) &&
+       F3=$(git rev-parse HEAD:secondfile) &&
+       {
+               echo "100644 $F1 1      file2" &&
+               echo "100644 $F2 2      file2" &&
+               echo "100644 $F3 3      file2"
+       } | git update-index --index-info &&
+       git ls-files -u &&
+       test_must_fail git reset HEAD file2 &&
+       git diff-index --exit-code --cached HEAD
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'disambiguation (1)' '
 
        git reset --hard &&