)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch can handle previously-fetched .idx files' '
+       git checkout --orphan branch1 &&
+       echo base >file &&
+       git add file &&
+       git commit -m base &&
+       git --bare init "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_packed_branches.git &&
+       git push "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_packed_branches.git branch1 &&
+       git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_packed_branches.git repack -d &&
+       git checkout -b branch2 branch1 &&
+       echo b2 >>file &&
+       git commit -a -m b2 &&
+       git push "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_packed_branches.git branch2 &&
+       git --git-dir="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_packed_branches.git repack -d &&
+       git --bare init clone_packed_branches.git &&
+       git --git-dir=clone_packed_branches.git fetch "$HTTPD_URL"/dumb/repo_packed_branches.git branch1:branch1 &&
+       git --git-dir=clone_packed_branches.git fetch "$HTTPD_URL"/dumb/repo_packed_branches.git branch2:branch2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'did not use upload-pack service' '
        grep '/git-upload-pack' <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log >act
        : >exp
        grep "this is the error message" stderr
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'reencoding is robust to whitespace oddities' '
+       test_must_fail git clone "$HTTPD_URL/error/odd-spacing" 2>stderr &&
+       grep "this is the error message" stderr
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done