@@ -962,4 +962,20 @@ test_expect_success 'error out on missing tree objects' '
test_must_be_empty actual
'
+test_expect_success 'error out on missing blob objects' '
+ echo 1 | git hash-object -w --stdin >blob1 &&
+ echo 2 | git hash-object -w --stdin >blob2 &&
+ echo 3 | git hash-object -w --stdin >blob3 &&
+ printf "100644 blob $(cat blob1)\tblob\n" | git mktree >tree1 &&
+ printf "100644 blob $(cat blob2)\tblob\n" | git mktree >tree2 &&
+ printf "100644 blob $(cat blob3)\tblob\n" | git mktree >tree3 &&
+ git init --bare missing-blob.git &&
+ cat blob1 blob3 tree1 tree2 tree3 |
+ git pack-objects missing-blob.git/objects/pack/side1-whatever-is-missing &&
+ test_must_fail git --git-dir=missing-blob.git >actual 2>err \
+ merge-tree --merge-base=$(cat tree1) $(cat tree2) $(cat tree3) &&
+ test_grep "unable to read blob object $(cat blob2)" err &&
+ test_must_be_empty actual
+'
+
test_done