Merge branch 'master' (pre-reformat)

.github/actions/install-nix-action/action.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: "Install Nix"
+description: "Helper action for installing Nix with support for dogfooding from master"
+inputs:
+  dogfood:
+    description: "Whether to use Nix installed from the latest artifact from master branch"
+    required: true # Be explicit about the fact that we are using unreleased artifacts
+  extra_nix_config:
+    description: "Gets appended to `/etc/nix/nix.conf` if passed."
+  install_url:
+    description: "URL of the Nix installer"
+    required: false
+    default: "https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.30.1/install"
+  github_token:
+    description: "Github token"
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: "Download nix install artifact from master"
+      shell: bash
+      id: download-nix-installer
+      if: ${{ inputs.dogfood }}
+      run: |
+        RUN_ID=$(gh run list --repo "$DOGFOOD_REPO" --workflow ci.yml --branch master --status success --json databaseId --jq ".[0].databaseId")
+
+        if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
+          INSTALLER_ARTIFACT="installer-linux"
+        elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
+          INSTALLER_ARTIFACT="installer-darwin"
+        else
+          echo "::error ::Unsupported RUNNER_OS: $RUNNER_OS"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$INSTALLER_ARTIFACT"
+        mkdir -p "$INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_DIR"
+
+        gh run download "$RUN_ID" --repo "$DOGFOOD_REPO" -n "$INSTALLER_ARTIFACT" -D "$INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_DIR"
+        echo "installer-path=file://$INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+        echo "::notice ::Dogfooding Nix installer from master (https://github.com/$DOGFOOD_REPO/actions/runs/$RUN_ID)"
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
+        DOGFOOD_REPO: "NixOS/nix"
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@c134e4c9e34bac6cab09cf239815f9339aaaf84e # v31.5.1
+      with:
+        # Ternary operator in GHA: https://www.github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-752775072
+        install_url: ${{ inputs.dogfood && format('{0}/install', steps.download-nix-installer.outputs.installer-path) || inputs.install_url }}
+        install_options: ${{ inputs.dogfood && format('--tarball-url-prefix {0}', steps.download-nix-installer.outputs.installer-path) || '' }}
+        extra_nix_config: ${{ inputs.extra_nix_config }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/install-nix-action
       with:
-        install_url: "https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.29.1/install"
-    - run: nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake show --all-systems --json
+        dogfood: true
+        extra_nix_config:
+          experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - run: nix flake show --all-systems --json
 
   tests:
     strategy:
@@ -36,9 +39,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/install-nix-action
       with:
-        install_url: "https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.29.1/install"
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        dogfood: true
         # The sandbox would otherwise be disabled by default on Darwin
         extra_nix_config: |
           sandbox = true
@@ -178,7 +182,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/install-nix-action
+        with:
+          dogfood: true
+          extra_nix_config:
+            experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
       - run: |
           nix build -L \
@@ -204,6 +213,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: NixOS/flake-regressions-data
           path: flake-regressions/tests
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/install-nix-action
+        with:
+          dogfood: true
+          extra_nix_config:
+            experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
       - run: nix build -L --out-link ./new-nix && PATH=$(pwd)/new-nix/bin:$PATH MAX_FLAKES=25 flake-regressions/eval-all.sh

doc/manual/meson.build

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ nix = find_program('nix', native : true)
 
 mdbook = find_program('mdbook', native : true)
 bash = find_program('bash', native : true)
+rsync = find_program('rsync', required: true, native: true)
 
 pymod = import('python')
 python = pymod.find_installation('python3')
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ manual = custom_target(
         @0@ @INPUT0@ @CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@ > @DEPFILE@
         @0@ @INPUT1@ summary @2@ < @CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/source/SUMMARY.md.in > @2@/source/SUMMARY.md
         sed -e 's|@version@|@3@|g' < @INPUT2@ > @2@/book.toml
-        rsync -r --include='*.md' @CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/ @2@/
+        @4@ -r --include='*.md' @CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/ @2@/
         (cd @2@; RUST_LOG=warn @1@ build -d @2@ 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3) | { grep -Fv "because fragment resolution isn't implemented" || :; } 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3
         rm -rf @2@/manual
         mv @2@/html @2@/manual
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ manual = custom_target(
       mdbook.full_path(),
       meson.current_build_dir(),
       meson.project_version(),
+      rsync.full_path(),
     ),
   ],
   input : [

docker.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   # Core dependencies
-  pkgs,
-  lib,
-  dockerTools,
-  runCommand,
-  buildPackages,
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
+  lib ? pkgs.lib,
+  dockerTools ? pkgs.dockerTools,
+  runCommand ? pkgs.runCommand,
+  buildPackages ? pkgs.buildPackages,
   # Image configuration
   name ? "nix",
   tag ? "latest",
@@ -28,24 +28,24 @@
   },
   Cmd ? [ (lib.getExe bashInteractive) ],
   # Default Packages
-  nix,
-  bashInteractive,
-  coreutils-full,
-  gnutar,
-  gzip,
-  gnugrep,
-  which,
-  curl,
-  less,
-  wget,
-  man,
-  cacert,
-  findutils,
-  iana-etc,
-  gitMinimal,
-  openssh,
+  nix ? pkgs.nix,
+  bashInteractive ? pkgs.bashInteractive,
+  coreutils-full ? pkgs.coreutils-full,
+  gnutar ? pkgs.gnutar,
+  gzip ? pkgs.gzip,
+  gnugrep ? pkgs.gnugrep,
+  which ? pkgs.which,
+  curl ? pkgs.curl,
+  less ? pkgs.less,
+  wget ? pkgs.wget,
+  man ? pkgs.man,
+  cacert ? pkgs.cacert,
+  findutils ? pkgs.findutils,
+  iana-etc ? pkgs.iana-etc,
+  gitMinimal ? pkgs.gitMinimal,
+  openssh ? pkgs.openssh,
   # Other dependencies
-  shadow,
+  shadow ? pkgs.shadow,
 }:
 let
   defaultPkgs = [

src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/symbol-table.hh

@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 #include "nix/util/error.hh"
 
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
-#define USE_FLAT_SYMBOL_SET (BOOST_VERSION >= 108100)
-#if USE_FLAT_SYMBOL_SET
-#  include <boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp>
-#else
-#  include <boost/unordered/unordered_set.hpp>
-#endif
+#include <boost/unordered/unordered_flat_set.hpp>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -214,12 +209,7 @@ private:
      * Transparent lookup of string view for a pointer to a ChunkedVector entry -> return offset into the store.
      * ChunkedVector references are never invalidated.
      */
-#if USE_FLAT_SYMBOL_SET
     boost::unordered_flat_set<SymbolStr, SymbolStr::Hash, SymbolStr::Equal> symbols{SymbolStr::chunkSize};
-#else
-    using SymbolValueAlloc = std::pmr::polymorphic_allocator<SymbolStr>;
-    boost::unordered_set<SymbolStr, SymbolStr::Hash, SymbolStr::Equal, SymbolValueAlloc> symbols{SymbolStr::chunkSize, {&buffer}};
-#endif
 
 public:
 
@@ -230,19 +220,7 @@ public:
         // Most symbols are looked up more than once, so we trade off insertion performance
         // for lookup performance.
         // FIXME: make this thread-safe.
-        return [&]<typename T>(T && key) -> Symbol {
-            if constexpr (requires { symbols.insert<T>(key); }) {
-                auto [it, _] = symbols.insert<T>(key);
-                return Symbol(*it);
-            } else {
-                auto it = symbols.find<T>(key);
-                if (it != symbols.end())
-                    return Symbol(*it);
-
-                it = symbols.emplace(key).first;
-                return Symbol(*it);
-            }
-        }(SymbolStr::Key{store, s, stringAlloc});
+        return Symbol(*symbols.insert(SymbolStr::Key{store, s, stringAlloc}).first);
     }
 
     std::vector<SymbolStr> resolve(const std::vector<Symbol> & symbols) const
@@ -287,5 +265,3 @@ struct std::hash<nix::Symbol>
         return std::hash<decltype(s.id)>{}(s.id);
     }
 };
-
-#undef USE_FLAT_SYMBOL_SET

src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc

@@ -545,15 +545,20 @@ struct GitRepoImpl : GitRepo, std::enable_shared_from_this<GitRepoImpl>
             append(gitArgs, {"--depth", "1"});
         append(gitArgs, {std::string("--"), url, refspec});
 
-        runProgram(RunOptions {
+        auto [status, output] = runProgram(RunOptions {
             .program = "git",
             .lookupPath = true,
             // FIXME: git stderr messes up our progress indicator, so
             // we're using --quiet for now. Should process its stderr.
             .args = gitArgs,
             .input = {},
+            .mergeStderrToStdout = true,
             .isInteractive = true
         });
+
+        if (status > 0) {
+            throw Error("Failed to fetch git repository %s : %s", url, output);
+        }
     }
 
     void verifyCommit(

src/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -444,7 +444,11 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         // repo, treat as a remote URI to force a clone.
         static bool forceHttp = getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1"; // for testing
         auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
-        bool isBareRepository = url.scheme == "file" && !pathExists(url.path + "/.git");
+
+        // Why are we checking for bare repository?
+        // well if it's a bare repository we want to force a git fetch rather than copying the folder
+        bool isBareRepository = url.scheme == "file" && pathExists(url.path) &&
+                                                     !pathExists(url.path + "/.git");
         //
         // FIXME: here we turn a possibly relative path into an absolute path.
         // This allows relative git flake inputs to be resolved against the
@@ -462,6 +466,12 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
                     "See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/12281 for details.",
                     url);
             }
+
+            // If we don't check here for the path existence, then we can give libgit2 any directory
+            // and it will initialize them as git directories.
+            if (!pathExists(url.path)) {
+                throw Error("The path '%s' does not exist.", url.path);
+            }
             repoInfo.location = std::filesystem::absolute(url.path);
         } else {
             if (url.scheme == "file")
@@ -599,7 +609,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
                 ? cacheDir / ref
                 : cacheDir / "refs/heads" / ref;
 
-            bool doFetch;
+            bool doFetch = false;
             time_t now = time(0);
 
             /* If a rev was specified, we need to fetch if it's not in the

src/libfetchers/tarball.cc

@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ static DownloadTarballResult downloadTarball_(
     const Headers & headers,
     const std::string & displayPrefix)
 {
+
+    // Some friendly error messages for common mistakes.
+    // Namely lets catch when the url is a local file path, but
+    // it is not in fact a tarball.
+    if (url.rfind("file://", 0) == 0) {
+        // Remove "file://" prefix to get the local file path
+        std::string localPath = url.substr(7);
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(localPath)) {
+            throw Error("tarball '%s' does not exist.", localPath);
+        }
+        if (std::filesystem::is_directory(localPath)) {
+            if (std::filesystem::exists(localPath + "/.git")) {
+                throw Error(
+                    "tarball '%s' is a git repository, not a tarball. Please use `git+file` as the scheme.", localPath);
+            }
+            throw Error("tarball '%s' is a directory, not a file.", localPath);
+        }
+    }
+
     Cache::Key cacheKey{"tarball", {{"url", url}}};
 
     auto cached = settings.getCache()->lookupExpired(cacheKey);

src/libflake-tests/meson.build

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ test(
   env : {
     '_NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA': meson.current_source_dir() / 'data',
     'NIX_CONFIG': 'extra-experimental-features = flakes',
+    'HOME': meson.current_build_dir() / 'test-home',
   },
   protocol : 'gtest',
 )

src/libflake-tests/package.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPackages,
   stdenv,
   mkMesonExecutable,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 
   nix-flake,
   nix-flake-c,
@@ -55,19 +56,14 @@ mkMesonExecutable (finalAttrs: {
         runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-run"
           {
             meta.broken = !stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages;
+            buildInputs = [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
           }
-          (
-            lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows ''
-              export HOME="$PWD/home-dir"
-              mkdir -p "$HOME"
-            ''
-            + ''
-              export _NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA=${resolvePath ./data}
-              export NIX_CONFIG="extra-experimental-features = flakes"
-              ${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} ${lib.getExe finalAttrs.finalPackage}
-              touch $out
-            ''
-          );
+          (''
+            export _NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA=${resolvePath ./data}
+            export NIX_CONFIG="extra-experimental-features = flakes"
+            ${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} ${lib.getExe finalAttrs.finalPackage}
+            touch $out
+          '');
     };
   };
 

src/libstore-tests/meson.build

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ test(
   this_exe,
   env : {
     '_NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA': meson.current_source_dir() / 'data',
+    'HOME': meson.current_build_dir() / 'test-home',
+    'NIX_REMOTE': meson.current_build_dir() / 'test-home' / 'store',
   },
   protocol : 'gtest',
 )

src/libstore-tests/nix_api_store.cc

@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ TEST_F(nix_api_store_test, nix_store_get_uri)
 
 TEST_F(nix_api_util_context, nix_store_get_storedir_default)
 {
-    if (nix::getEnv("HOME").value_or("") == "/homeless-shelter") {
-        // skipping test in sandbox because nix_store_open tries to create /nix/var/nix/profiles
-        GTEST_SKIP();
-    }
     nix_libstore_init(ctx);
     Store * store = nix_store_open(ctx, nullptr, nullptr);
     assert_ctx_ok();
@@ -141,10 +137,6 @@ TEST_F(nix_api_store_test, nix_store_real_path)
 
 TEST_F(nix_api_util_context, nix_store_real_path_relocated)
 {
-    if (nix::getEnv("HOME").value_or("") == "/homeless-shelter") {
-        // Can't open default store from within sandbox
-        GTEST_SKIP();
-    }
     auto tmp = nix::createTempDir();
     std::string storeRoot = tmp + "/store";
     std::string stateDir = tmp + "/state";
@@ -184,13 +176,7 @@ TEST_F(nix_api_util_context, nix_store_real_path_relocated)
 
 TEST_F(nix_api_util_context, nix_store_real_path_binary_cache)
 {
-    if (nix::getEnv("HOME").value_or("") == "/homeless-shelter") {
-        // TODO: override NIX_CACHE_HOME?
-        // skipping test in sandbox because narinfo cache can't be written
-        GTEST_SKIP();
-    }
-
-    Store * store = nix_store_open(ctx, "https://cache.nixos.org", nullptr);
+    Store * store = nix_store_open(ctx, nix::fmt("file://%s/binary-cache", nix::createTempDir()).c_str(), nullptr);
     assert_ctx_ok();
     ASSERT_NE(store, nullptr);
 

src/libstore-tests/package.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPackages,
   stdenv,
   mkMesonExecutable,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 
   nix-store,
   nix-store-c,
@@ -72,18 +73,14 @@ mkMesonExecutable (finalAttrs: {
         runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-run"
           {
             meta.broken = !stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages;
+            buildInputs = [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
           }
-          (
-            lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows ''
-              export HOME="$PWD/home-dir"
-              mkdir -p "$HOME"
-            ''
-            + ''
-              export _NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA=${data + "/src/libstore-tests/data"}
-              ${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} ${lib.getExe finalAttrs.finalPackage}
-              touch $out
-            ''
-          );
+          (''
+            export _NIX_TEST_UNIT_DATA=${data + "/src/libstore-tests/data"}
+            export NIX_REMOTE=$HOME/store
+            ${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} ${lib.getExe finalAttrs.finalPackage}
+            touch $out
+          '');
     };
   };
 

src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ struct LocalBinaryCacheStore :
         , BinaryCacheStore{*config}
         , config{config}
     {
-        init();
     }
 
     void init() override;
@@ -126,10 +125,12 @@ StringSet LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig::uriSchemes()
 }
 
 ref<Store> LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig::openStore() const {
-    return make_ref<LocalBinaryCacheStore>(ref{
+    auto store = make_ref<LocalBinaryCacheStore>(ref{
         // FIXME we shouldn't actually need a mutable config
         std::const_pointer_cast<LocalBinaryCacheStore::Config>(shared_from_this())
     });
+    store->init();
+    return store;
 }
 
 static RegisterStoreImplementation<LocalBinaryCacheStore::Config> regLocalBinaryCacheStore;

src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : virtual S3BinaryCacheStore
         , s3Helper(config->profile, config->region, config->scheme, config->endpoint)
     {
         diskCache = getNarInfoDiskCache();
-
-        init();
     }
 
     std::string getUri() override
@@ -597,10 +595,12 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : virtual S3BinaryCacheStore
 
 ref<Store> S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl::Config::openStore() const
 {
-    return make_ref<S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl>(ref{
+    auto store = make_ref<S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl>(ref{
         // FIXME we shouldn't actually need a mutable config
         std::const_pointer_cast<S3BinaryCacheStore::Config>(shared_from_this())
     });
+    store->init();
+    return store;
 }
 
 static RegisterStoreImplementation<S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl::Config> regS3BinaryCacheStore;

src/libstore/sqlite.cc

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void handleSQLiteBusy(const SQLiteBusy & e, time_t & nextWarning)
     if (now > nextWarning) {
         nextWarning = now + 10;
         logWarning({
-            .msg = HintFmt(e.what())
+            .msg = e.info().msg
         });
     }
 

src/libutil/meson.build

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ boost = dependency(
   'boost',
   modules : ['context', 'coroutine', 'iostreams'],
   include_type: 'system',
+  version: '>=1.82.0'
 )
 # boost is a public dependency, but not a pkg-config dependency unfortunately, so we
 # put in `deps_other`.

src/libutil/serialise.cc

@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ size_t StringSource::read(char * data, size_t len)
 }
 
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 106300 && BOOST_VERSION < 106600
-#error Coroutines are broken in this version of Boost!
-#endif
-
 std::unique_ptr<FinishSink> sourceToSink(std::function<void(Source &)> fun)
 {
     struct SourceToSink : FinishSink

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -190,8 +190,10 @@ void ignoreExceptionInDestructor(Verbosity lvl)
     try {
         try {
             throw;
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.info().msg);
         } catch (std::exception & e) {
-            printMsg(lvl, "error (ignored): %1%", e.what());
+            printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.what());
         }
     } catch (...) { }
 }
@@ -202,8 +204,10 @@ void ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt(Verbosity lvl)
         throw;
     } catch (const Interrupted & e) {
         throw;
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.info().msg);
     } catch (std::exception & e) {
-        printMsg(lvl, "error (ignored): %1%", e.what());
+        printMsg(lvl, ANSI_RED "error (ignored):" ANSI_NORMAL " %s", e.what());
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/windows/windows-async-pipe.cc

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-#include "nix/util/windows-async-pipe.hh"
-#include "nix/util/windows-error.hh"
+
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#  include "nix/util/windows-async-pipe.hh"
+#  include "nix/util/windows-error.hh"
 
 namespace nix::windows {
 

src/libutil/windows/windows-error.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#include "nix/util/windows-error.hh"
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#include "nix/util/windows-error.hh"
 #include <error.h>
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>

src/nix/main.cc

@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs, virtual RootArgs
    lowdown. */
 static void showHelp(std::vector<std::string> subcommand, NixArgs & toplevel)
 {
+    // Check for aliases if subcommand has exactly one element
+    if (subcommand.size() == 1) {
+        auto alias = toplevel.aliases.find(subcommand[0]);
+        if (alias != toplevel.aliases.end()) {
+            subcommand = alias->second.replacement;
+        }
+    }
+
     auto mdName = subcommand.empty() ? "nix" : fmt("nix3-%s", concatStringsSep("-", subcommand));
 
     evalSettings.restrictEval = false;

tests/functional/fetchGit.sh

@@ -53,6 +53,27 @@ rm -rf $TEST_HOME/.cache/nix
 path=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).outPath")
 [[ $(cat $path/hello) = world ]]
 
+# Fetch again. This should be cached.
+# NOTE: This has to be done before the test case below which tries to pack-refs
+# the reason being that the lookup on the cache uses the ref-file `/refs/heads/master`
+# which does not exist after packing.
+mv $repo ${repo}-tmp
+path2=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).outPath")
+[[ $path = $path2 ]]
+
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).revCount") = 2 ]]
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).rev") = $rev2 ]]
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).shortRev") = ${rev2:0:7} ]]
+
+# Fetching with a explicit hash should succeed.
+path2=$(nix eval --refresh --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit { url = file://$repo; rev = \"$rev2\"; }).outPath")
+[[ $path = $path2 ]]
+
+path2=$(nix eval --refresh --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit { url = file://$repo; rev = \"$rev1\"; }).outPath")
+[[ $(cat $path2/hello) = utrecht ]]
+
+mv ${repo}-tmp $repo
+
 # Fetch when the cache has packed-refs
 # Regression test of #8822
 git -C $TEST_HOME/.cache/nix/gitv3/*/ pack-refs --all
@@ -83,24 +104,6 @@ path2=$(nix eval --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit { url = file://$repo; rev = \"
 # But without a hash, it fails.
 expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'builtins.fetchGit "file:///foo"' | grepQuiet "'fetchGit' doesn't fetch unlocked input"
 
-# Fetch again. This should be cached.
-mv $repo ${repo}-tmp
-path2=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).outPath")
-[[ $path = $path2 ]]
-
-[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).revCount") = 2 ]]
-[[ $(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).rev") = $rev2 ]]
-[[ $(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$repo).shortRev") = ${rev2:0:7} ]]
-
-# Fetching with a explicit hash should succeed.
-path2=$(nix eval --refresh --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit { url = file://$repo; rev = \"$rev2\"; }).outPath")
-[[ $path = $path2 ]]
-
-path2=$(nix eval --refresh --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit { url = file://$repo; rev = \"$rev1\"; }).outPath")
-[[ $(cat $path2/hello) = utrecht ]]
-
-mv ${repo}-tmp $repo
-
 # Using a clean working tree should produce the same result.
 path2=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit $repo).outPath")
 [[ $path = $path2 ]]