3 files changed, 94 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/just-mr/TARGETS b/test/end-to-end/just-mr/TARGETS
index e6017fc6..92be1ea6 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/just-mr/TARGETS
+++ b/test/end-to-end/just-mr/TARGETS
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@
   , "deps":
     [["end-to-end", "mr-tool-under-test"], ["end-to-end", "tool-under-test"]]
   }
+, "fetch-absent":
+  { "type": ["end-to-end", "with serve"]
+  , "name": ["fetch-absent"]
+  , "test": ["fetch-absent.sh"]
+  , "deps":
+    [["end-to-end", "mr-tool-under-test"], ["end-to-end", "tool-under-test"]]
+  , "repos": ["fetch-absent (data)"]
+  }
+, "fetch-absent (data)":
+  { "type": "generic"
+  , "out_dirs": ["src"]
+  , "cmds": ["for i in `seq 1 10` ; do echo $i > src/$i.txt ; done"]
+  }
 , "TESTS":
   { "type": "install"
   , "tainted": ["test"]
@@ -99,6 +112,7 @@
               , "git-tree-verbosity"
               , "defaults"
               , "absent-roots"
+              , "fetch-absent"
               ]
             , { "type": "if"
               , "cond": {"type": "var", "name": "TEST_COMPATIBLE_REMOTE"}
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/just-mr/fetch-absent.sh b/test/end-to-end/just-mr/fetch-absent.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39b89c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/end-to-end/just-mr/fetch-absent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2023 Huawei Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+set -eu
+
+env
+
+readonly JUST="${PWD}/bin/tool-under-test"
+readonly JUST_MR="${PWD}/bin/mr-tool-under-test"
+readonly LBR="${TEST_TMPDIR}/local-build-root"
+
+mkdir work
+cd work
+touch ROOT
+cat > repos.json <<EOF
+{ "repositories":
+  { "":
+    { "repository":
+      { "type": "git"
+      , "commit": "$COMMIT_0"
+      , "pragma": {"absent": true}
+      , "repository": "http://non-existent.example.org/data.git"
+      , "branch": "master"
+      , "subdir": "src"
+      }
+    , "target_root": "targets"
+    }
+  , "targets": {"repository": {"type": "file", "path": "targets"}}
+  }
+}
+EOF
+mkdir targets
+cat > targets/TARGETS <<'EOF'
+{ "":
+  { "type": "generic"
+  , "outs": ["out.txt"]
+  , "cmds": ["head -c 1 4.txt > out.txt", "cat 2.txt >> out.txt"]
+  , "deps": ["4.txt", "2.txt"]
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+echo
+cat repos.json
+echo
+CONF=$("${JUST_MR}" --norc --local-build-root "${LBR}" \
+                    --remote-serve-address ${SERVE} \
+                    -r ${REMOTE_EXECUTION_ADDRESS} \
+                    --fetch-absent setup)
+cat $CONF
+echo
+"${JUST}" install --local-build-root "${LBR}" -C "${CONF}" -o . 2>&1
+grep 42 out.txt
+
+echo DONE
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/with_serve_test_runner.py b/test/end-to-end/with_serve_test_runner.py
index dbbd4237..b8d7de72 100755
--- a/test/end-to-end/with_serve_test_runner.py
+++ b/test/end-to-end/with_serve_test_runner.py
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ def dump_results() -> None:
         f.write("%s\n" % (stderr, ))
 
 
+def run_cmd(cmd: List[str],
+            *,
+            env: Any = None,
+            stdout: Any = subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            stderr: Any = None,
+            cwd: str):
+    subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, env=env, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
+
 def get_remote_execution_address(d: Json) -> str:
     return "%s:%d" % (d["interface"], int(d["port"]))
 
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ g_REMOTE_EXECUTION_ADDRESS = get_remote_execution_address(info)
 SERVE_INFO = os.path.join(REMOTE_DIR, "serve-info.json")
 SERVE_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(REMOTE_DIR, "serve.json")
 
-serve_config = {
+serve_config : Json = {
     "local build root": SERVE_DIR,
     "logging": {"limit": 6, "plain": True},
     "execution endpoint": {"address": g_REMOTE_EXECUTION_ADDRESS},
@@ -139,21 +147,21 @@ for repo in os.listdir("data"):
         os.path.join(DATA_DIR, repo),
         target,
     )
-    subprocess.run(
+    run_cmd(
         ["git", "init"],
         cwd=target,
         env=dict(os.environ, **GIT_NOBODY_ENV),
         stdout = subprocess.DEVNULL,
         stderr = subprocess.DEVNULL,
     )
-    subprocess.run(
+    run_cmd(
         ["git", "add", "-f", "."],
         cwd=target,
         env=dict(os.environ, **GIT_NOBODY_ENV),
         stdout = subprocess.DEVNULL,
         stderr = subprocess.DEVNULL,
     )
-    subprocess.run(
+    run_cmd(
         ["git", "commit", "-m",
          "Content of %s" % (target,)],
         cwd=target,