On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 10:32 PM, <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh > index 33a51c9..677e15a 100755 > --- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh > +++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh > @@ -689,4 +689,17 @@ test_expect_success 'bogus head does not fallback to all heads' ' > ! grep $blob out > ' > > +test_expect_success 'detect corrupt index file in fsck' ' > + cp .git/index .git/index.backup && > + test_when_finished "mv .git/index.backup .git/index" && > + echo zzzzzzzz >zzzzzzzz && > + git add zzzzzzzz && > + sed -e "s/zzzzzzzz/yyyyyyyy/" .git/index >.git/index.yyy && > + mv .git/index.yyy .git/index && > + # Confirm that fsck detects invalid checksum > + test_must_fail git fsck --cache && > + # Confirm that status no longer complains about invalid checksum > + git status > +' This test does not pass when the GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX env variable is set on my Linux machine. Also it looks like you sent a v8 of this patch series with a different test, but what is in master looks like the above test instead of the test in your v8.