3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f102cfddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "repository.h"
+#include "object-store.h"
+
+/*
+ * Prints the size of the object corresponding to the given hash in a specific
+ * gitdir. This is similar to "git -C gitdir cat-file -s", except that this
+ * exercises the code that accesses the object of an arbitrary repository that
+ * is not the_repository. ("git -C gitdir" makes it so that the_repository is
+ * the one in gitdir.)
+ */
+static void object_info(const char *gitdir, const char *oid_hex)
+{
+	struct repository r;
+	struct object_id oid;
+	unsigned long size;
+	struct object_info oi = {.sizep = &size};
+	const char *p;
+
+	if (repo_init(&r, gitdir, NULL))
+		die("could not init repo");
+	if (parse_oid_hex(oid_hex, &oid, &p))
+		die("could not parse oid");
+	if (oid_object_info_extended(&r, &oid, &oi, 0))
+		die("could not obtain object info");
+	printf("%d\n", (int) size);
+}
+
+int cmd__partial_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	setup_git_directory();
+
+	if (argc < 4)
+		die("too few arguments");
+
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "object-info"))
+		object_info(argv[2], argv[3]);
+	else
+		die("invalid argument '%s'", argv[1]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index c5bd0c6d4c..b21e8f1519 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "online-cpus", cmd__online_cpus },
 	{ "parse-options", cmd__parse_options },
 	{ "parse-pathspec-file", cmd__parse_pathspec_file },
+	{ "partial-clone", cmd__partial_clone },
 	{ "path-utils", cmd__path_utils },
 	{ "pcre2-config", cmd__pcre2_config },
 	{ "pkt-line", cmd__pkt_line },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index e8069a3b22..f845ced4b3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int cmd__oidmap(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__online_cpus(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_pathspec_file(int argc, const char** argv);
+int cmd__partial_clone(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__path_utils(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pcre2_config(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pkt_line(int argc, const char **argv);