1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 88b7dbd69a..d9ef356a16 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1551,3 +1551,13 @@ test_bitmap_traversal () {
 	test_cmp "$1.normalized" "$2.normalized" &&
 	rm -f "$1.normalized" "$2.normalized"
 }
+
+# Tests for the hidden file attribute on Windows
+test_path_is_hidden () {
+	test_have_prereq MINGW ||
+	BUG "test_path_is_hidden can only be used on Windows"
+
+	# Use the output of `attrib`, ignore the absolute path
+	case "$("$SYSTEMROOT"/system32/attrib "$1")" in *H*?:*) return 0;; esac
+	return 1
+}