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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test functionality common to smart fetch & push'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit --no-tag initial
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs' '
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) HEAD
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	# We only care about GIT_PROTOCOL, not GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+	sane_unset GIT_PROTOCOL &&
+	GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2 \
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect &&
+
+	# The --advertise-refs alias works
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs: v0' '
+	# With no specified protocol
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) HEAD
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect &&
+
+	# With explicit v0
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=0 \
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git receive-pack --advertise-refs: v0' '
+	# With no specified protocol
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	git receive-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect &&
+
+	# With explicit v0
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=0 \
+	git receive-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs: v1' '
+	# With no specified protocol
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	version 1
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) HEAD
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=1 \
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git receive-pack --advertise-refs: v1' '
+	# With no specified protocol
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	version 1
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=1 \
+	git receive-pack --advertise-refs . >out &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs: v2' '
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	version 2
+	agent=FAKE
+	ls-refs=unborn
+	fetch=shallow wait-for-done
+	server-option
+	object-format=$(test_oid algo)
+	object-info
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=2 \
+	GIT_USER_AGENT=FAKE \
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git receive-pack --advertise-refs: v2' '
+	# There is no v2 yet for receive-pack, implicit v0
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	$(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=2 \
+	git receive-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_done