diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 435a37465a702c35a5d53d8809f0ef700ae9ff83..ed41b155af9a38a471a2518fc42d7c9a1f110da1 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ prepare_httpd() {
cp "$TEST_PATH"/passwd "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"
install_script broken-smart-http.sh
install_script error.sh
+ install_script apply-one-time-sed.sh
ln -s "$LIB_HTTPD_MODULE_PATH" "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/modules"
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
index 724d9ae462b78af95298786a1fe26f375023ad55..581c010d8fc4c1184ba17b63b940aaac30d0b0f4 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
@@ -111,9 +111,14 @@ Alias /auth/dumb/ www/auth/dumb/
SetEnv GIT_EXEC_PATH ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
+
+ SetEnv GIT_EXEC_PATH ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}
+ SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
+
ScriptAliasMatch /smart_*[^/]*/(.*) ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/git-http-backend/$1
ScriptAlias /broken_smart/ broken-smart-http.sh/
ScriptAlias /error/ error.sh/
+ScriptAliasMatch /one_time_sed/(.*) apply-one-time-sed.sh/$1
Options FollowSymlinks
@@ -123,6 +128,9 @@ ScriptAlias /error/ error.sh/
Options ExecCGI
+
+ Options ExecCGI
+
Options ExecCGI
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apply-one-time-sed.sh b/t/lib-httpd/apply-one-time-sed.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fcef72892547c70af0b33bdf96f0c5acb793ea9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apply-one-time-sed.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# If "one-time-sed" exists in $HTTPD_ROOT_PATH, run sed on the HTTP response,
+# using the contents of "one-time-sed" as the sed command to be run. If the
+# response was modified as a result, delete "one-time-sed" so that subsequent
+# HTTP responses are no longer modified.
+#
+# This can be used to simulate the effects of the repository changing in
+# between HTTP request-response pairs.
+if [ -e one-time-sed ]; then
+ "$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git-http-backend" >out
+ sed "$(cat one-time-sed)" out_modified
+
+ if diff out out_modified >/dev/null; then
+ cat out
+ else
+ cat out_modified
+ rm one-time-sed
+ fi
+else
+ "$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git-http-backend"
+fi
diff --git a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
index da86f7cde0e55bc5ab2c59fcc0ff509060ebab9b..32527a59c4dd52e89ca354fe71ecdeb20b9ce728 100755
--- a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
+++ b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
@@ -157,4 +157,72 @@ test_expect_success 'want-ref with ref we already have commit for' '
check_output
'
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
+start_httpd
+
+REPO="$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo"
+LOCAL_PRISTINE="$(pwd)/local_pristine"
+
+test_expect_success 'setup repos for change-while-negotiating test' '
+ (
+ git init "$REPO" &&
+ cd "$REPO" &&
+ >.git/git-daemon-export-ok &&
+ test_commit m1 &&
+ git tag -d m1 &&
+
+ # Local repo with many commits (so that negotiation will take
+ # more than 1 request/response pair)
+ git clone "http://127.0.0.1:$LIB_HTTPD_PORT/smart/repo" "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" &&
+ cd "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" &&
+ git checkout -b side &&
+ for i in $(seq 1 33); do test_commit s$i; done &&
+
+ # Add novel commits to upstream
+ git checkout master &&
+ cd "$REPO" &&
+ test_commit m2 &&
+ test_commit m3 &&
+ git tag -d m2 m3
+ ) &&
+ git -C "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" remote set-url origin "http://127.0.0.1:$LIB_HTTPD_PORT/one_time_sed/repo" &&
+ git -C "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" config protocol.version 2
+'
+
+inconsistency () {
+ # Simulate that the server initially reports $2 as the ref
+ # corresponding to $1, and after that, $1 as the ref corresponding to
+ # $1. This corresponds to the real-life situation where the server's
+ # repository appears to change during negotiation, for example, when
+ # different servers in a load-balancing arrangement serve (stateless)
+ # RPCs during a single negotiation.
+ printf "s/%s/%s/" \
+ $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse $1 | tr -d "\n") \
+ $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse $2 | tr -d "\n") \
+ >"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/one-time-sed"
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'server is initially ahead - no ref in want' '
+ git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant false &&
+ rm -rf local &&
+ cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+ inconsistency master 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 &&
+ test_must_fail git -C local fetch 2>err &&
+ grep "ERR upload-pack: not our ref" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'server is initially behind - no ref in want' '
+ git -C "$REPO" config uploadpack.allowRefInWant false &&
+ rm -rf local &&
+ cp -r "$LOCAL_PRISTINE" local &&
+ inconsistency master "master^" &&
+ git -C local fetch &&
+
+ git -C "$REPO" rev-parse --verify "master^" >expected &&
+ git -C local rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/origin/master >actual &&
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+stop_httpd
+
test_done