test_expect_success "clone shallow object count" \
"test \"count: 18\" = \"$(grep count count.shallow)\""
-test_expect_failure "pull in shallow repo with missing merge base" \
- "(cd shallow; git pull --depth 4 .. A)"
+test_expect_success "pull in shallow repo with missing merge base" \
+ "(cd shallow && ! git pull --depth 4 .. A)"
test_done