1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/lib b/tests/lib
index e960c1c..a0a84dd 100644
--- a/tests/lib
+++ b/tests/lib
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ t-git-get-ref () {
 	refs/*)	;;
 	*) fail "t-git-get-ref bad $ref" ;;
 	esac
-	git show-ref -d $1 | perl -ne '
+	(git show-ref -d $1 || test $? = 1) | perl -ne '
 		$x = $1 if m#^(\w+) \Q'$1'\E(?:\^\{\})?$#;
 		END { print "$x\n" if length $x; }
 	'