Instead of looking on the filesystem inside ".git/refs/remotes/origin", use "git for-each-ref" to check for leftover references under the remote's old name. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t5505-remote.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh index 8198d8e..65030fb 100755 --- a/t/t5505-remote.sh +++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rename a remote' ' ( cd four && git remote rename origin upstream && - rmdir .git/refs/remotes/origin && + test -z "$(git for-each-ref refs/remotes/origin)" && test "$(git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/upstream/HEAD)" = "refs/remotes/upstream/master" && test "$(git rev-parse upstream/master)" = "$(git rev-parse master)" && test "$(git config remote.upstream.fetch)" = "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/*" && -- 2.9.3