commit - ddd27308ca0444e5b5e57acbd19a846eb24dbc35
commit + 87e823f249effd48cf55c950a1a24cbfa39267c0
blob - 4fb5f3aad871abb2d8ad18e445fb9dff32c8c6b0
blob + 8e3078201dcc7c840868221ffba208e7f60aac25
--- lib/send.c
+++ lib/send.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ got_send_pack(const char *remote_name, struct got_path
 			if (err) {
 				if (err->code != GOT_ERR_NOT_REF)
 					goto done;
+				err = NULL;
 			} else {
 				err = got_ref_resolve(&their_ids[ntheirs],
 				    repo, ref);
blob - 5053abcc3b14deece4bb33886f4380b7fe2e9bd0
blob + 833f87bb85b0f4cf72b87af23b71df99419de359
--- regress/cmdline/send.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/send.sh
@@ -1729,7 +1729,102 @@ EOF
 		diff -u $testroot/stderr.expected $testroot/stderr
 	fi
 	test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+
+}
+
+test_send_with_unknown_ref_on_server() {
+	local testroot=`test_init send_with_unknown_ref_on_server`
+	local testurl=ssh://127.0.0.1/$testroot
+	local commit_id=`git_show_head $testroot/repo`
+
+	got clone -q $testurl/repo $testroot/repo-clone
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "got clone command failed unexpectedly" >&2
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	# Add a commit on a new branch in the source repo.
+	# To trigger a known bug in 'got send', this branch reference must
+	# alphabetically sort last.
+	git -C $testroot/repo checkout -q -b zzz 
+	echo "modified alpha" > $testroot/repo/alpha
+	git -C $testroot/repo rm -q beta
+	(cd $testroot/repo && ln -s epsilon/zeta symlink)
+	git -C $testroot/repo add symlink
+	echo "new file alpha" > $testroot/repo/new
+	git -C $testroot/repo add new
+	git_commit $testroot/repo -m "modified alpha"
+	local commit_id2=`git_show_head $testroot/repo`
+
+	# This would error "got: reference refs/remotes/origin/zzz not found"
+	got send -r $testroot/repo-clone > $testroot/stdout \
+		2> $testroot/stderr
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "got send command failed unexpectedly" >&2
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "Connecting to \"origin\" ssh://127.0.0.1$testroot/repo" \
+		> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "Already up-to-date" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout $testroot/stdout.expected
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
 
+	got ref -l -r $testroot/repo > $testroot/stdout
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "got ref command failed unexpectedly" >&2
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "HEAD: refs/heads/zzz" > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "refs/heads/master: $commit_id" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "refs/heads/zzz: $commit_id2" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout $testroot/stdout.expected
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	got ref -l -r $testroot/repo-clone > $testroot/stdout
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "got ref command failed unexpectedly" >&2
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "HEAD: refs/heads/master" > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "refs/heads/master: $commit_id" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD: refs/remotes/origin/master" \
+		>> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "refs/remotes/origin/master: $commit_id" \
+		>> $testroot/stdout.expected
+
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout $testroot/stdout.expected
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	git_fsck "$testroot" "$testroot/repo-clone"
+	ret=$?
+	test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
 }
 
 test_parseargs "$@"
@@ -1749,3 +1844,4 @@ run_test test_send_config			no-sha256
 run_test test_send_gitconfig			no-sha256
 run_test test_send_rejected			no-sha256
 run_test test_send_basic_http			no-sha256
+run_test test_send_with_unknown_ref_on_server	no-sha256