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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git rev-list trivial path optimization test'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+echo Hello > a &&
+git add a &&
+git commit -m "Initial commit" a &&
+initial=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+'
+
+test_expect_success path-optimization '
+    commit=$(echo "Unchanged tree" | git commit-tree "HEAD^{tree}" -p HEAD) &&
+    test $(git rev-list $commit | wc -l) = 2 &&
+    test $(git rev-list $commit -- . | wc -l) = 1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'further setup' '
+	git checkout -b side &&
+	echo Irrelevant >c &&
+	git add c &&
+	git commit -m "Side makes an irrelevant commit" &&
+	echo "More Irrelevancy" >c &&
+	git add c &&
+	git commit -m "Side makes another irrelevant commit" &&
+	echo Bye >a &&
+	git add a &&
+	git commit -m "Side touches a" &&
+	side=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	echo "Yet more Irrelevancy" >c &&
+	git add c &&
+	git commit -m "Side makes yet another irrelevant commit" &&
+	git checkout master &&
+	echo Another >b &&
+	git add b &&
+	git commit -m "Master touches b" &&
+	git merge side &&
+	echo Touched >b &&
+	git add b &&
+	git commit -m "Master touches b again"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path optimization 2' '
+	( echo "$side"; echo "$initial" ) >expected &&
+	git rev-list HEAD -- a >actual &&
+	diff -u expected actual
+'
+
+test_done