2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 180a3f1..3036438 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 dgit (2.6~) unstable; urgency=medium
 
+  * Check for non-2xx HTTP status codes from ftpmaster api server.
   * Always honour --curl= and --curl:.
 
  --
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 19a0835..ae07145 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -989,7 +989,16 @@ sub api_query ($$) {
     badcfg "ftpmasterapi archive query method takes no data part"
 	if length $data;
     my @cmd = archive_api_query_cmd($subpath);
+    my $url = $cmd[$#cmd];
+    push @cmd, qw(-w %{http_code});
     my $json = cmdoutput @cmd;
+    unless ($json =~ s/\d+\d+\d$//) {
+	failedcmd_report_cmd undef, @cmd;
+	fail "curl failed to print 3-digit HTTP code";
+    }
+    my $code = $&;
+    fail "fetch of $url gave HTTP code $code"
+	unless $url =~ m#^file://# or $code =~ m/^2/;
     return decode_json($json);
 }