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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='detect some push errors early (before contacting remote)'
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup commits' '
+	test_commit one
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup remote' '
+	git init --bare remote.git &&
+	git remote add origin remote.git
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup fake receive-pack' '
+	FAKE_RP_ROOT=$(pwd) &&
+	export FAKE_RP_ROOT &&
+	write_script fake-rp <<-\EOF &&
+	echo yes >"$FAKE_RP_ROOT"/rp-ran
+	exit 1
+	EOF
+	git config remote.origin.receivepack "\"\$FAKE_RP_ROOT/fake-rp\""
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect missing branches early' '
+	echo no >rp-ran &&
+	echo no >expect &&
+	test_must_fail git push origin missing &&
+	test_cmp expect rp-ran
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect missing sha1 expressions early' '
+	echo no >rp-ran &&
+	echo no >expect &&
+	test_must_fail git push origin main~2:main &&
+	test_cmp expect rp-ran
+'
+
+# We use an existing local_ref, since it follows a different flow in
+# 'builtin/push.c:set_refspecs()' and we want to test that regression.
+test_expect_success 'detect empty remote with existing local ref' '
+	test_must_fail git push "" main 2> stderr &&
+	grep "fatal: bad repository ${SQ}${SQ}" stderr
+'
+
+# While similar to the previous test, here we want to ensure that
+# even targeted refspecs are handled.
+test_expect_success 'detect empty remote with targeted refspec' '
+	test_must_fail git push "" HEAD:refs/heads/main 2> stderr &&
+	grep "fatal: bad repository ${SQ}${SQ}" stderr
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect ambiguous refs early' '
+	git branch foo &&
+	git tag foo &&
+	echo no >rp-ran &&
+	echo no >expect &&
+	test_must_fail git push origin foo &&
+	test_cmp expect rp-ran
+'
+
+test_done