+test_expect_success 'fetch notices corrupt idx' '
+       cp -R "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_pack.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_bad2.git &&
+       (cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/repo_bad2.git &&
+        p=`ls objects/pack/pack-*.idx` &&
+        chmod u+w $p &&
+        printf %0256d 0 | dd of=$p bs=256 count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc
+       ) &&
+       mkdir repo_bad2.git &&
+       (cd repo_bad2.git &&
+        git --bare init &&
+        test_must_fail git --bare fetch $HTTPD_URL/dumb/repo_bad2.git &&
+        test 0 = `ls objects/pack | wc -l`
+       )
+'
+