-test_expect_success 'preparing first repository' \
-'test_create_repo A && cd A &&
-echo first > file1 &&
-git add file1 &&
-git commit -m initial'
-
-cd "$base_dir"
-
-test_expect_success 'preparing second repository' \
-'git clone A B && cd B &&
-echo second > file2 &&
-git add file2 &&
-git commit -m addition &&
-git repack -a -d &&
-git prune'
-
-cd "$base_dir"
-
-test_expect_success 'cloning with reference (-l -s)' \
-'git clone -l -s --reference B A C'
-
-cd "$base_dir"
-
-test_expect_success 'existence of info/alternates' \
-'test_line_count = 2 C/.git/objects/info/alternates'
-
-cd "$base_dir"
+# create a commit in repo $1 with name $2
+commit_in () {
+ (
+ cd "$1" &&
+ echo "$2" >"$2" &&
+ git add "$2" &&
+ git commit -m "$2"
+ )
+}
+
+# check that there are $2 loose objects in repo $1
+test_objcount () {
+ echo "$2" >expect &&
+ git -C "$1" count-objects >actual.raw &&
+ cut -d' ' -f1 <actual.raw >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'preparing first repository' '
+ test_create_repo A &&
+ commit_in A file1
+'