http-backend test: make empty CONTENT_LENGTH test more realistic

diff --git a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
index e0c5f44cac0290c6e15c5360b0cc7c1f4d486614..aa2d360ce35940a176a0ef04ca7ba8560adefb23 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
+++ b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ doit () {
 
        commit=$(echo $NAME | git commit-tree $T $PARENTS) &&
 
-       echo $commit >.git/refs/tags/$NAME &&
+       git update-ref "refs/tags/$NAME" "$commit" &&
        echo $commit
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ test_expect_success 'using reflog to find the fork point' '
        test_cmp expect3 actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--fork-point works with empty reflog' '
+       git -c core.logallrefupdates=false branch no-reflog base &&
+       git merge-base --fork-point no-reflog derived &&
+       test_cmp expect3 actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'merge-base --octopus --all for complex tree' '
        # Best common ancestor for JE, JAA and JDD is JC
        #             JE