diff --git a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
index b39c69da8c..f2221d2b44 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and their offsets into multiple packfiles. It contains:
 ** An offset within the jth packfile for the object.
 * If large offsets are required, we use another list of large
   offsets similar to version 2 pack-indexes.
+- An optional list of objects in pseudo-pack order (used with MIDX bitmaps).
 
 Thus, we can provide O(log N) lookup time for any number
 of packfiles.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
index 8d2f42f29e..6d3efb7d16 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ CHUNK DATA:
 	[Optional] Object Large Offsets (ID: {'L', 'O', 'F', 'F'})
 	    8-byte offsets into large packfiles.
 
+	[Optional] Bitmap pack order (ID: {'R', 'I', 'D', 'X'})
+	    A list of MIDX positions (one per object in the MIDX, num_objects in
+	    total, each a 4-byte unsigned integer in network byte order), sorted
+	    according to their relative bitmap/pseudo-pack positions.
+
 TRAILER:
 
 	Index checksum of the above contents.
@@ -456,9 +461,5 @@ In short, a MIDX's pseudo-pack is the de-duplicated concatenation of
 objects in packs stored by the MIDX, laid out in pack order, and the
 packs arranged in MIDX order (with the preferred pack coming first).
 
-Finally, note that the MIDX's reverse index is not stored as a chunk in
-the multi-pack-index itself. This is done because the reverse index
-includes the checksum of the pack or MIDX to which it belongs, which
-makes it impossible to write in the MIDX. To avoid races when rewriting
-the MIDX, a MIDX reverse index includes the MIDX's checksum in its
-filename (e.g., `multi-pack-index-xyz.rev`).
+The MIDX's reverse index is stored in the optional 'RIDX' chunk within
+the MIDX itself.
diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 837b46b2af..6e6cb0eb04 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #define MIDX_CHUNKID_OIDLOOKUP 0x4f49444c /* "OIDL" */
 #define MIDX_CHUNKID_OBJECTOFFSETS 0x4f4f4646 /* "OOFF" */
 #define MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS 0x4c4f4646 /* "LOFF" */
+#define MIDX_CHUNKID_REVINDEX 0x52494458 /* "RIDX" */
 #define MIDX_CHUNK_FANOUT_SIZE (sizeof(uint32_t) * 256)
 #define MIDX_CHUNK_OFFSET_WIDTH (2 * sizeof(uint32_t))
 #define MIDX_CHUNK_LARGE_OFFSET_WIDTH (sizeof(uint64_t))
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ struct multi_pack_index *load_multi_pack_index(const char *object_dir, int local
 
 	pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_LARGEOFFSETS, &m->chunk_large_offsets);
 
+	if (git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_MIDX_READ_RIDX", 1))
+		pair_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_REVINDEX, &m->chunk_revindex);
+
 	m->num_objects = ntohl(m->chunk_oid_fanout[255]);
 
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(m->pack_names, m->num_packs);
@@ -833,6 +837,18 @@ static int write_midx_large_offsets(struct hashfile *f,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int write_midx_revindex(struct hashfile *f,
+			       void *data)
+{
+	struct write_midx_context *ctx = data;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->entries_nr; i++)
+		hashwrite_be32(f, ctx->pack_order[i]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct midx_pack_order_data {
 	uint32_t nr;
 	uint32_t pack;
@@ -1403,16 +1419,21 @@ static int write_midx_internal(const char *object_dir,
 			(size_t)ctx.num_large_offsets * MIDX_CHUNK_LARGE_OFFSET_WIDTH,
 			write_midx_large_offsets);
 
+	if (flags & (MIDX_WRITE_REV_INDEX | MIDX_WRITE_BITMAP)) {
+		ctx.pack_order = midx_pack_order(&ctx);
+		add_chunk(cf, MIDX_CHUNKID_REVINDEX,
+			  ctx.entries_nr * sizeof(uint32_t),
+			  write_midx_revindex);
+	}
+
 	write_midx_header(f, get_num_chunks(cf), ctx.nr - dropped_packs);
 	write_chunkfile(cf, &ctx);
 
 	finalize_hashfile(f, midx_hash, CSUM_FSYNC | CSUM_HASH_IN_STREAM);
 	free_chunkfile(cf);
 
-	if (flags & (MIDX_WRITE_REV_INDEX | MIDX_WRITE_BITMAP))
-		ctx.pack_order = midx_pack_order(&ctx);
-
-	if (flags & MIDX_WRITE_REV_INDEX)
+	if (flags & MIDX_WRITE_REV_INDEX &&
+	    git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_MIDX_WRITE_REV", 0))
 		write_midx_reverse_index(midx_name.buf, midx_hash, &ctx);
 	if (flags & MIDX_WRITE_BITMAP) {
 		if (write_midx_bitmap(midx_name.buf, midx_hash, &ctx,
diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
index b7d79a515c..22e8e53288 100644
--- a/midx.h
+++ b/midx.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct multi_pack_index {
 	const unsigned char *chunk_oid_lookup;
 	const unsigned char *chunk_object_offsets;
 	const unsigned char *chunk_large_offsets;
+	const unsigned char *chunk_revindex;
 
 	const char **pack_names;
 	struct packed_git **packs;
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index f772d3cb7f..9c666cdb8b 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ static int open_midx_bitmap_1(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 cleanup:
 	munmap(bitmap_git->map, bitmap_git->map_size);
 	bitmap_git->map_size = 0;
+	bitmap_git->map_pos = 0;
 	bitmap_git->map = NULL;
+	bitmap_git->midx = NULL;
 	return -1;
 }
 
@@ -405,6 +407,8 @@ static int open_pack_bitmap_1(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git, struct packed_git
 		munmap(bitmap_git->map, bitmap_git->map_size);
 		bitmap_git->map = NULL;
 		bitmap_git->map_size = 0;
+		bitmap_git->map_pos = 0;
+		bitmap_git->pack = NULL;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 70d0fbafcb..08dc160167 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -298,9 +298,29 @@ int load_midx_revindex(struct multi_pack_index *m)
 {
 	struct strbuf revindex_name = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret;
+
 	if (m->revindex_data)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (m->chunk_revindex) {
+		/*
+		 * If the MIDX `m` has a `RIDX` chunk, then use its contents for
+		 * the reverse index instead of trying to load a separate `.rev`
+		 * file.
+		 *
+		 * Note that we do *not* set `m->revindex_map` here, since we do
+		 * not want to accidentally call munmap() in the middle of the
+		 * MIDX.
+		 */
+		trace2_data_string("load_midx_revindex", the_repository,
+				   "source", "midx");
+		m->revindex_data = (const uint32_t *)m->chunk_revindex;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	trace2_data_string("load_midx_revindex", the_repository,
+			   "source", "rev");
+
 	get_midx_rev_filename(&revindex_name, m);
 
 	ret = load_revindex_from_disk(revindex_name.buf,
diff --git a/t/lib-bitmap.sh b/t/lib-bitmap.sh
index 21d0392dda..a95537e759 100644
--- a/t/lib-bitmap.sh
+++ b/t/lib-bitmap.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Helpers for scripts testing bitmap functionality; see t5310 for
 # example usage.
 
+objdir=.git/objects
+midx=$objdir/pack/multi-pack-index
+
 # Compare a file containing rev-list bitmap traversal output to its non-bitmap
 # counterpart. You can't just use test_cmp for this, because the two produce
 # subtly different output:
@@ -264,3 +267,185 @@ have_delta () {
 midx_checksum () {
 	test-tool read-midx --checksum "$1"
 }
+
+# midx_pack_source <obj>
+midx_pack_source () {
+	test-tool read-midx --show-objects .git/objects | grep "^$1 " | cut -f2
+}
+
+test_rev_exists () {
+	commit="$1"
+	kind="$2"
+
+	test_expect_success "reverse index exists ($kind)" '
+		GIT_TRACE2_EVENT=$(pwd)/event.trace \
+			git rev-list --test-bitmap "$commit" &&
+
+		if test "rev" = "$kind"
+		then
+			test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
+		fi &&
+		grep "\"category\":\"load_midx_revindex\",\"key\":\"source\",\"value\":\"$kind\"" event.trace
+	'
+}
+
+midx_bitmap_core () {
+	rev_kind="${1:-midx}"
+
+	setup_bitmap_history
+
+	test_expect_success 'create single-pack midx with bitmaps' '
+		git repack -ad &&
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap
+	'
+
+	test_rev_exists HEAD "$rev_kind"
+
+	basic_bitmap_tests
+
+	test_expect_success 'create new additional packs' '
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 16)
+		do
+			test_commit "$i" &&
+			git repack -d || return 1
+		done &&
+
+		git checkout -b other2 HEAD~8 &&
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 8)
+		do
+			test_commit "side-$i" &&
+			git repack -d || return 1
+		done &&
+		git checkout second
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'create multi-pack midx with bitmaps' '
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+
+		ls $objdir/pack/pack-*.pack >packs &&
+		test_line_count = 25 packs &&
+
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap
+	'
+
+	test_rev_exists HEAD "$rev_kind"
+
+	basic_bitmap_tests
+
+	test_expect_success '--no-bitmap is respected when bitmaps exist' '
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+
+		test_commit respect--no-bitmap &&
+		git repack -d &&
+
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
+
+		git multi-pack-index write --no-bitmap &&
+
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_missing $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
+		test_path_is_missing $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'setup midx with base from later pack' '
+		# Write a and b so that "a" is a delta on top of base "b", since Git
+		# prefers to delete contents out of a base rather than add to a shorter
+		# object.
+		test_seq 1 128 >a &&
+		test_seq 1 130 >b &&
+
+		git add a b &&
+		git commit -m "initial commit" &&
+
+		a=$(git rev-parse HEAD:a) &&
+		b=$(git rev-parse HEAD:b) &&
+
+		# In the first pack, "a" is stored as a delta to "b".
+		p1=$(git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack <<-EOF
+		$a
+		$b
+		EOF
+		) &&
+
+		# In the second pack, "a" is missing, and "b" is not a delta nor base to
+		# any other object.
+		p2=$(git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack <<-EOF
+		$b
+		$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+		$(git rev-parse HEAD^{tree})
+		EOF
+		) &&
+
+		git prune-packed &&
+		# Use the second pack as the preferred source, so that "b" occurs
+		# earlier in the MIDX object order, rendering "a" unusable for pack
+		# reuse.
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap --preferred-pack=pack-$p2.idx &&
+
+		have_delta $a $b &&
+		test $(midx_pack_source $a) != $(midx_pack_source $b)
+	'
+
+	rev_list_tests 'full bitmap with backwards delta'
+
+	test_expect_success 'clone with bitmaps enabled' '
+		git clone --no-local --bare . clone-reverse-delta.git &&
+		test_when_finished "rm -fr clone-reverse-delta.git" &&
+
+		git rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
+		git --git-dir=clone-reverse-delta.git rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'changing the preferred pack does not corrupt bitmaps' '
+		rm -fr repo &&
+		git init repo &&
+		test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+		(
+			cd repo &&
+
+			test_commit A &&
+			test_commit B &&
+
+			git rev-list --objects --no-object-names HEAD^ >A.objects &&
+			git rev-list --objects --no-object-names HEAD^.. >B.objects &&
+
+			A=$(git pack-objects $objdir/pack/pack <A.objects) &&
+			B=$(git pack-objects $objdir/pack/pack <B.objects) &&
+
+			cat >indexes <<-EOF &&
+			pack-$A.idx
+			pack-$B.idx
+			EOF
+
+			git multi-pack-index write --bitmap --stdin-packs \
+				--preferred-pack=pack-$A.pack <indexes &&
+			git rev-list --test-bitmap A &&
+
+			git multi-pack-index write --bitmap --stdin-packs \
+				--preferred-pack=pack-$B.pack <indexes &&
+			git rev-list --test-bitmap A
+		)
+	'
+}
+
+midx_bitmap_partial_tests () {
+	rev_kind="${1:-midx}"
+
+	test_expect_success 'setup partial bitmaps' '
+		test_commit packed &&
+		git repack &&
+		test_commit loose &&
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap 2>err &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx &&
+		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap
+	'
+
+	test_rev_exists HEAD~ "$rev_kind"
+
+	basic_bitmap_tests HEAD~
+}
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index d05ab716f6..f775fc1ce6 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -397,4 +397,32 @@ test_expect_success 'pack.preferBitmapTips' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'complains about multiple pack bitmaps' '
+	rm -fr repo &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		test_commit base &&
+
+		git repack -adb &&
+		bitmap="$(ls .git/objects/pack/pack-*.bitmap)" &&
+		mv "$bitmap" "$bitmap.bak" &&
+
+		test_commit other &&
+		git repack -ab &&
+
+		mv "$bitmap.bak" "$bitmap" &&
+
+		find .git/objects/pack -type f -name "*.pack" >packs &&
+		find .git/objects/pack -type f -name "*.bitmap" >bitmaps &&
+		test_line_count = 2 packs &&
+		test_line_count = 2 bitmaps &&
+
+		git rev-list --use-bitmap-index HEAD 2>err &&
+		grep "ignoring extra bitmap file" err
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5326-multi-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5326-multi-pack-bitmaps.sh
index e187f90f29..3c1ecc7e25 100755
--- a/t/t5326-multi-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5326-multi-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -9,125 +9,13 @@ test_description='exercise basic multi-pack bitmap functionality'
 GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0
 GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX_WRITE_BITMAP=0
 
-objdir=.git/objects
-midx=$objdir/pack/multi-pack-index
+# This test exercise multi-pack bitmap functionality where the object order is
+# stored and read from a special chunk within the MIDX, so use the default
+# behavior here.
+sane_unset GIT_TEST_MIDX_WRITE_REV
+sane_unset GIT_TEST_MIDX_READ_RIDX
 
-# midx_pack_source <obj>
-midx_pack_source () {
-	test-tool read-midx --show-objects .git/objects | grep "^$1 " | cut -f2
-}
-
-setup_bitmap_history
-
-test_expect_success 'enable core.multiPackIndex' '
-	git config core.multiPackIndex true
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'create single-pack midx with bitmaps' '
-	git repack -ad &&
-	git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
-'
-
-basic_bitmap_tests
-
-test_expect_success 'create new additional packs' '
-	for i in $(test_seq 1 16)
-	do
-		test_commit "$i" &&
-		git repack -d || return 1
-	done &&
-
-	git checkout -b other2 HEAD~8 &&
-	for i in $(test_seq 1 8)
-	do
-		test_commit "side-$i" &&
-		git repack -d || return 1
-	done &&
-	git checkout second
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'create multi-pack midx with bitmaps' '
-	git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
-
-	ls $objdir/pack/pack-*.pack >packs &&
-	test_line_count = 25 packs &&
-
-	test_path_is_file $midx &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
-'
-
-basic_bitmap_tests
-
-test_expect_success '--no-bitmap is respected when bitmaps exist' '
-	git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
-
-	test_commit respect--no-bitmap &&
-	git repack -d &&
-
-	test_path_is_file $midx &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
-
-	git multi-pack-index write --no-bitmap &&
-
-	test_path_is_file $midx &&
-	test_path_is_missing $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_missing $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'setup midx with base from later pack' '
-	# Write a and b so that "a" is a delta on top of base "b", since Git
-	# prefers to delete contents out of a base rather than add to a shorter
-	# object.
-	test_seq 1 128 >a &&
-	test_seq 1 130 >b &&
-
-	git add a b &&
-	git commit -m "initial commit" &&
-
-	a=$(git rev-parse HEAD:a) &&
-	b=$(git rev-parse HEAD:b) &&
-
-	# In the first pack, "a" is stored as a delta to "b".
-	p1=$(git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack <<-EOF
-	$a
-	$b
-	EOF
-	) &&
-
-	# In the second pack, "a" is missing, and "b" is not a delta nor base to
-	# any other object.
-	p2=$(git pack-objects .git/objects/pack/pack <<-EOF
-	$b
-	$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-	$(git rev-parse HEAD^{tree})
-	EOF
-	) &&
-
-	git prune-packed &&
-	# Use the second pack as the preferred source, so that "b" occurs
-	# earlier in the MIDX object order, rendering "a" unusable for pack
-	# reuse.
-	git multi-pack-index write --bitmap --preferred-pack=pack-$p2.idx &&
-
-	have_delta $a $b &&
-	test $(midx_pack_source $a) != $(midx_pack_source $b)
-'
-
-rev_list_tests 'full bitmap with backwards delta'
-
-test_expect_success 'clone with bitmaps enabled' '
-	git clone --no-local --bare . clone-reverse-delta.git &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -fr clone-reverse-delta.git" &&
-
-	git rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
-	git --git-dir=clone-reverse-delta.git rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
+midx_bitmap_core
 
 bitmap_reuse_tests() {
 	from=$1
@@ -204,17 +92,7 @@ test_expect_success 'missing object closure fails gracefully' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'setup partial bitmaps' '
-	test_commit packed &&
-	git repack &&
-	test_commit loose &&
-	git multi-pack-index write --bitmap 2>err &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-	test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev
-'
-
-basic_bitmap_tests HEAD~
+midx_bitmap_partial_tests
 
 test_expect_success 'removing a MIDX clears stale bitmaps' '
 	rm -fr repo &&
@@ -228,7 +106,6 @@ test_expect_success 'removing a MIDX clears stale bitmaps' '
 
 		# Write a MIDX and bitmap; remove the MIDX but leave the bitmap.
 		stale_bitmap=$midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		stale_rev=$midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 		rm $midx &&
 
 		# Then write a new MIDX.
@@ -238,9 +115,7 @@ test_expect_success 'removing a MIDX clears stale bitmaps' '
 
 		test_path_is_file $midx &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
-		test_path_is_missing $stale_bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_missing $stale_rev
+		test_path_is_missing $stale_bitmap
 	)
 '
 
@@ -261,7 +136,6 @@ test_expect_success 'pack.preferBitmapTips' '
 		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 
 		test-tool bitmap list-commits | sort >bitmaps &&
 		comm -13 bitmaps commits >before &&
@@ -271,7 +145,6 @@ test_expect_success 'pack.preferBitmapTips' '
 			<before | git update-ref --stdin &&
 
 		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 		rm -fr $midx &&
 
 		git -c pack.preferBitmapTips=refs/tags/include \
@@ -309,7 +182,6 @@ test_expect_success 'writing a bitmap with --refs-snapshot' '
 		grep "$(git rev-parse two)" bitmaps &&
 
 		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 		rm -fr $midx &&
 
 		# Then again, but with a refs snapshot which only sees
@@ -354,7 +226,6 @@ test_expect_success 'write a bitmap with --refs-snapshot (preferred tips)' '
 		) >snapshot &&
 
 		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 		rm -fr $midx &&
 
 		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap --refs-snapshot=snapshot &&
@@ -395,4 +266,23 @@ test_expect_success 'hash-cache values are propagated from pack bitmaps' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'graceful fallback when missing reverse index' '
+	rm -fr repo &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		test_commit base &&
+
+		# write a pack and MIDX bitmap containing base
+		git repack -adb &&
+		git multi-pack-index write --bitmap &&
+
+		GIT_TEST_MIDX_READ_RIDX=0 \
+			git rev-list --use-bitmap-index HEAD 2>err &&
+		! grep "ignoring extra bitmap file" err
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5327-multi-pack-bitmaps-rev.sh b/t/t5327-multi-pack-bitmaps-rev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d30ba632c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5327-multi-pack-bitmaps-rev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='exercise basic multi-pack bitmap functionality (.rev files)'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+. "${TEST_DIRECTORY}/lib-bitmap.sh"
+
+# We'll be writing our own midx and bitmaps, so avoid getting confused by the
+# automatic ones.
+GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0
+GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX_WRITE_BITMAP=0
+
+# Unlike t5326, this test exercise multi-pack bitmap functionality where the
+# object order is stored in a separate .rev file.
+GIT_TEST_MIDX_WRITE_REV=1
+GIT_TEST_MIDX_READ_RIDX=0
+export GIT_TEST_MIDX_WRITE_REV
+export GIT_TEST_MIDX_READ_RIDX
+
+midx_bitmap_core rev
+midx_bitmap_partial_tests rev
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index e489869dd9..5922fb5bdd 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -312,16 +312,13 @@ test_expect_success 'cleans up MIDX when appropriate' '
 		checksum=$(midx_checksum $objdir) &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx-$checksum.bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_file $midx-$checksum.rev &&
 
 		test_commit repack-3 &&
 		GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -Adb --write-midx &&
 
 		test_path_is_file $midx &&
 		test_path_is_missing $midx-$checksum.bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_missing $midx-$checksum.rev &&
 		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		test_path_is_file $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 
 		test_commit repack-4 &&
 		GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=0 git repack -Adb &&
@@ -354,7 +351,6 @@ test_expect_success '--write-midx with preferred bitmap tips' '
 		test_line_count = 1 before &&
 
 		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).bitmap &&
-		rm -fr $midx-$(midx_checksum $objdir).rev &&
 		rm -fr $midx &&
 
 		# instead of constructing the snapshot ourselves (c.f., the test