@@ -154,7 +154,14 @@ test_expect_success 'scalar clone' '
test_cmp expect actual &&
test_path_is_missing 1/2 &&
- test_must_fail git rev-list --missing=print $second &&
+
+ # This relies on the fact that the presence of "--missing"
+ # on the command line forces lazy fetching off before
+ # "$second^{blob}" gets parsed. Without "^{blob}", a
+ # bare object name "$second" is taken into the queue and
+ # the command may not fail with a fixed "rev-list --missing".
+ test_must_fail git rev-list --missing=print "$second^{blob}" -- &&
+
git rev-list $second &&
git cat-file blob $second >actual &&
echo "second" >expect &&