test_expect_success 'loop-detect-status' '
# LINT: "$?" handled explicitly within loop body
(while test $i -le $blobcount
 do
	printf "Generating blob $i/$blobcount\r" >&2 &&
	printf "blob\nmark :$i\ndata $blobsize\n" &&
	#test-tool genrandom $i $blobsize &&
	printf "%-${blobsize}s" $i &&
	echo "M 100644 :$i $i" >> commit &&
	i=$(($i+1)) ||
	echo $? > exit-status
 done &&
 echo "commit refs/heads/main" &&
 echo "author A U Thor <author@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
 echo "committer C O Mitter <committer@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
 echo "data 5" &&
 echo ">2gb" &&
 cat commit) |
git fast-import --big-file-threshold=2 &&
test ! -f exit-status
'