add compat test case which verifies behaviour with a non-default symref

tests/compat/test_client.py

@@ -236,6 +236,23 @@ def test_fetch_pack(self):
                 dest.refs.set_if_equals(r[0], None, r[1])
             self.assertDestEqualsSrc()
 
+    def test_fetch_pack_with_nondefault_symref(self):
+        c = self._client()
+        src = repo.Repo(os.path.join(self.gitroot, "server_new.export"))
+        src.refs.add_if_new(b"refs/heads/main", src.refs[b"refs/heads/master"])
+        src.refs.set_symbolic_ref(b"HEAD", b"refs/heads/main")
+        with repo.Repo(os.path.join(self.gitroot, "dest")) as dest:
+            result = c.fetch(self._build_path("/server_new.export"), dest)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                {
+                    b"HEAD" : b"refs/heads/main"
+                },
+                result.symrefs,
+            )
+            for r in result.refs.items():
+                dest.refs.set_if_equals(r[0], None, r[1])
+            self.assertDestEqualsSrc()
+
     def test_fetch_pack_depth(self):
         c = self._client()
         with repo.Repo(os.path.join(self.gitroot, "dest")) as dest: