compare_results_with_midx "mixed mode (one pack + extra)"
+test_expect_success 'write with no objects and preferred pack' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf empty" &&
+ git init empty &&
+ test_must_fail git -C empty multi-pack-index write \
+ --stdin-packs --preferred-pack=does-not-exist </dev/null 2>err &&
+ cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+ warning: unknown preferred pack: ${SQ}does-not-exist${SQ}
+ error: no pack files to index.
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect err
+'
+
test_expect_success 'write progress off for redirected stderr' '
git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir write 2>err &&
test_line_count = 0 err