Re: [PATCH 16/22] t5326: test multi-pack bitmap behavior

+test_expect_success 'clone with bitmaps enabled' '
+	git clone --no-local --bare . clone-reverse-delta.git &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr clone-reverse-delta.git" &&
+
+	git rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
+	git --git-dir=clone-reverse-delta.git rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'

What is this test testing? That bitmaps are used? (I'm not sure how to
verify that though - we seem to have tracing for bitmap writing but not
for reading, for example.)

+bitmap_reuse_tests() {
+	from=$1
+	to=$2
+
+	test_expect_success "setup pack reuse tests ($from -> $to)" '
+		rm -fr repo &&
+		git init repo &&
+		(
+			cd repo &&
+			test_commit_bulk 16 &&
+			git tag old-tip &&
+
+			git config core.multiPackIndex true &&
+			if test "MIDX" = "$from"
+			then
+				GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -Ad &&
+				git multi-pack-index write --bitmap
+			else
+				GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -Adb
+			fi
+		)
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "build bitmap from existing ($from -> $to)" '
+		(
+			cd repo &&
+			test_commit_bulk --id=further 16 &&
+			git tag new-tip &&
+
+			if test "MIDX" = "$to"
+			then
+				GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -d &&
+				git multi-pack-index write --bitmap
+			else
+				GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -Adb
+			fi
+		)
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "verify resulting bitmaps ($from -> $to)" '
+		(
+			cd repo &&
+			git for-each-ref &&
+			git rev-list --test-bitmap refs/tags/old-tip &&
+			git rev-list --test-bitmap refs/tags/new-tip
+		)
+	'
+}
+
+bitmap_reuse_tests 'pack' 'MIDX'
+bitmap_reuse_tests 'MIDX' 'pack'
+bitmap_reuse_tests 'MIDX' 'MIDX'

Is it possible to verify that the bitmaps have truly been reused (and
not, say, created from scratch)? (E.g. is there any nature of the
bitmap created - for example, the order of commits?)

+test_expect_success 'pack.preferBitmapTips' '
+	git init repo &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		test_commit_bulk --message="%s" 103 &&
+
+		git log --format="%H" >commits.raw &&
+		sort <commits.raw >commits &&
+
+		git log --format="create refs/tags/%s %H" HEAD >refs &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <refs &&
+
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
+
+		test-tool bitmap list-commits | sort >bitmaps &&
+		comm -13 bitmaps commits >before &&
+		test_line_count = 1 before &&
+
+		perl -ne "printf(\"create refs/tags/include/%d \", $.); print" \
+			<before | git update-ref --stdin &&
+
+		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
+		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
+		rm -fr $midx &&
+
+		git -c pack.preferBitmapTips=refs/tags/include \
+			multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+		test-tool bitmap list-commits | sort >bitmaps &&
+		comm -13 bitmaps commits >after &&
+
+		! test_cmp before after
+	)
+'

Could we have a more precise comparison of "before" and "after" (besides
the fact that they're different)?

Besides that, all the patches up to this one look good (including patch
14, verified with "--color-moved
--color-moved-ws=allow-indentation-change").