t5550: test display of remote http error messages

diff --git a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
index 1a3a2b6c1a20558a019143d1abbd2168af0caf53..13defd38866f4fff09b1dc607b2b8f64eaf733db 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
+++ b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
@@ -171,5 +171,15 @@ test_expect_success 'did not use upload-pack service' '
        test_cmp exp act
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git client shows text/plain errors' '
+       test_must_fail git clone "$HTTPD_URL/error/text" 2>stderr &&
+       grep "this is the error message" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git client does not show html errors' '
+       test_must_fail git clone "$HTTPD_URL/error/html" 2>stderr &&
+       ! grep "this is the error message" stderr
+'
+
 stop_httpd
 test_done