1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index 4008faead8..4a2570ed95 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ test_expect_success 'setup submodule' '
 	echo content >file &&
 	git add file &&
 	git commit -m "added sub and file" &&
+	mkdir -p deep/directory/hierachy &&
+	git submodule add ./. deep/directory/hierachy/sub &&
+	git commit -m "added another submodule" &&
 	git branch submodule
 '
 
@@ -475,4 +478,17 @@ test_expect_success 'mv -k does not accidentally destroy submodules' '
 	git checkout .
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'moving a submodule in nested directories' '
+	(
+		cd deep &&
+		git mv directory ../ &&
+		# git status would fail if the update of linking git dir to
+		# work dir of the submodule failed.
+		git status &&
+		git config -f ../.gitmodules submodule.deep/directory/hierachy/sub.path >../actual &&
+		echo "directory/hierachy/sub" >../expect
+	) &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
 test_done