clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref

diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
index 7e85c71ad10186709b4210ca94d88953a270f123..5237066140bc41632ed38541acdf3c30a7a0534d 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
@@ -282,13 +282,6 @@ test_expect_success 'clone shallow object count' '
        test_cmp count3.expected count3.actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'clone shallow with nonexistent --branch' '
-       git clone --depth 1 --branch Z "file://$(pwd)/." shallow4 &&
-       GIT_DIR=shallow4/.git git rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
-       git rev-parse HEAD >expected &&
-       test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'clone shallow with detached HEAD' '
        git checkout HEAD^ &&
        git clone --depth 1 "file://$(pwd)/." shallow5 &&