2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index e46ea4893b..63c433a4aa 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         if os.path.exists(destdir):
             bb.utils.prunedir(destdir)
 
-        if ud.shallow and self.need_update(ud, d):
+        if ud.shallow and os.path.exists(ud.fullshallow) and self.need_update(ud, d):
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(destdir)
             runfetchcmd("tar -xzf %s" % ud.fullshallow, d, workdir=destdir)
         else:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 2c314f46d7..ff66315aa5 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -1580,3 +1580,17 @@ class GitShallowTest(FetcherTest):
         self.assertNotEqual(orig_revs, revs)
         self.assertRefs(['master', 'origin/master'])
         self.assertRevCount(orig_revs - 1758)
+
+    @skipIfNoNetwork()
+    def test_that_unpack_does_work_when_using_git_shallow_tarball_but_tarball_is_not_available(self):
+        self.d.setVar('SRCREV', 'e5939ff608b95cdd4d0ab0e1935781ab9a276ac0')
+        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW', '1')
+        self.d.setVar('BB_GENERATE_SHALLOW_TARBALLS', '1')
+        fetcher = bb.fetch.Fetch(["git://git.yoctoproject.org/fstests"], self.d)
+        fetcher.download()
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.dldir + "/*.tar.gz")
+        fetcher.unpack(self.unpackdir)
+
+        dir = os.listdir(self.unpackdir + "/git/")
+        self.assertIn("fstests.doap", dir)