add test

test/loading.jl

@@ -1341,6 +1341,18 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "Fallback for stdlib deps if manifest deps aren't found" begin
+    mktempdir() do depot
+        # This manifest has a LibGit2 entry that is missing LibGit2_jll, which should be
+        # handled by falling back to the stdlib Project.toml for dependency truth.
+        badmanifest_test_dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "project", "deps", "BadStdlibDeps.jl")
+        @test success(addenv(
+            `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --project=$badmanifest_test_dir --startup-file=no -e 'using LibGit2'`,
+            "JULIA_DEPOT_PATH" => depot * Base.Filesystem.pathsep(),
+        ))
+    end
+end
+
 @testset "code coverage disabled during precompilation" begin
     mktempdir() do depot
         cov_test_dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "project", "deps", "CovTest.jl")

test/project/deps/BadStdlibDeps/Manifest.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
+
+julia_version = "1.12.0-DEV"
+manifest_format = "2.0"
+project_hash = "dc9d33b0ee13d9466bdb75b8d375808a534a79ec"
+
+[[deps.Artifacts]]
+uuid = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
+version = "1.11.0"
+
+# This is intentionally missing LibGit2_jll for testing purposes
+[[deps.LibGit2]]
+deps = ["NetworkOptions", "Printf", "SHA"]
+uuid = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
+version = "1.11.0"
+
+[[deps.LibGit2_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "LibSSH2_jll", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll"]
+uuid = "e37daf67-58a4-590a-8e99-b0245dd2ffc5"
+version = "1.8.0+0"
+
+[[deps.LibSSH2_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll"]
+uuid = "29816b5a-b9ab-546f-933c-edad1886dfa8"
+version = "1.11.0+1"
+
+[[deps.Libdl]]
+uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
+version = "1.11.0"
+
+[[deps.MbedTLS_jll]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
+uuid = "c8ffd9c3-330d-5841-b78e-0817d7145fa1"
+version = "2.28.6+1"
+
+[[deps.NetworkOptions]]
+uuid = "ca575930-c2e3-43a9-ace4-1e988b2c1908"
+version = "1.2.0"
+
+[[deps.Printf]]
+deps = ["Unicode"]
+uuid = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
+version = "1.11.0"
+
+[[deps.SHA]]
+uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
+version = "0.7.0"
+
+[[deps.Unicode]]
+uuid = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
+version = "1.11.0"

test/project/deps/BadStdlibDeps/Project.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[deps]
+LibGit2 = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"