1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index cb2171523c..6565982660 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -458,5 +458,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	close(fd[0]);
 	close(fd[1]);
 	finish_connect(pid);
+
+	if (!ret && nr_heads) {
+		/* If the heads to pull were given, we should have
+		 * consumed all of them by matching the remote.
+		 * Otherwise, 'git-fetch remote no-such-ref' would
+		 * silently succeed without issuing an error.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++)
+			if (heads[i] && heads[i][0]) {
+				error("no such remote ref %s", heads[i]);
+				ret = 1;
+			}
+	}
+
 	return ret;
 }