(cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
         git config core.bare true &&
         mkdir -p hooks &&
-        echo "exec git update-server-info" >hooks/post-update &&
-        chmod +x hooks/post-update &&
+        write_script "hooks/post-update" <<-\EOF &&
+        exec git update-server-info
+       EOF
         hooks/post-update
        ) &&
        git remote add public "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
        test_cmp file clone/file
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'list refs from outside any repository' '
+       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+       $(git rev-parse master) HEAD
+       $(git rev-parse master) refs/heads/master
+       EOF
+       nongit git ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/dumb/repo.git" >actual &&
+       test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'create password-protected repository' '
        mkdir -p "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/auth/dumb/" &&
        cp -Rf "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" \
                clone $HTTPD_URL/dumb/evil.git evil-user
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'can redirect through non-"info/refs?service=git-upload-pack" URL' '
+       git clone "$HTTPD_URL/redir-to/dumb/repo.git"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'print HTTP error when any intermediate redirect throws error' '
+       test_must_fail git clone "$HTTPD_URL/redir-to/502" 2> stderr &&
+       test_i18ngrep "unable to access.*/redir-to/502" stderr
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done