1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
index 36378b0e3f..1f0dff3a0b 100755
--- a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
@@ -63,4 +63,55 @@ test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref fails to delete real ref' '
 '
 reset_to_sane
 
+test_expect_success 'create large ref name' '
+	# make 256+ character ref; some systems may not handle that,
+	# so be gentle
+	long=0123456789abcdef &&
+	long=$long/$long/$long/$long &&
+	long=$long/$long/$long/$long &&
+	long_ref=refs/heads/$long &&
+	tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+	commit=$(echo foo | git commit-tree $tree) &&
+	if git update-ref $long_ref $commit; then
+		test_set_prereq LONG_REF
+	else
+		echo >&2 "long refs not supported"
+	fi
+'
+
+test_expect_success LONG_REF 'symbolic-ref can point to large ref name' '
+	git symbolic-ref HEAD $long_ref &&
+	echo $long_ref >expect &&
+	git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success LONG_REF 'we can parse long symbolic ref' '
+	echo $commit >expect &&
+	git rev-parse --verify HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref reports failure in exit code' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f .git/HEAD.lock" &&
+	>.git/HEAD.lock &&
+	test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/whatever
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref writes reflog entry' '
+	git checkout -b log1 &&
+	test_commit one &&
+	git checkout -b log2  &&
+	test_commit two &&
+	git checkout --orphan orphan &&
+	git symbolic-ref -m create HEAD refs/heads/log1 &&
+	git symbolic-ref -m update HEAD refs/heads/log2 &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	update
+	create
+	EOF
+	git log --format=%gs -g >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done