transport-helper: add support to push symbolic refs

diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index 52b3c99478a278235da178740da123e895fd5d8b..828866930d40b5311e9db26ef0372db881709b4e 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ test_expect_success 'push new branch with old:new refspec' '
        compare_refs local HEAD server refs/heads/new-refspec
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push new branch with HEAD:new refspec' '
+       (cd local &&
+        git checkout new-name
+        git push origin HEAD:new-refspec-2
+       ) &&
+       compare_refs local HEAD server refs/heads/new-refspec-2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'forced push' '
        (cd local &&
        git checkout -b force-test &&