test_cmp expected renamed_file
'
+test_expect_success 'setup spurious "refusing to lose untracked" message' '
+ git rm -rf . &&
+ git clean -fdqx &&
+ rm -rf .git &&
+ git init &&
+
+ > irrelevant_file &&
+ printf "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n" >original_file &&
+ git add irrelevant_file original_file &&
+ git commit -mA &&
+
+ git checkout -b rename &&
+ git mv original_file renamed_file &&
+ git commit -mB &&
+
+ git checkout master &&
+ git rm original_file &&
+ git commit -mC
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'no spurious "refusing to lose untracked" message' '
+ git checkout master^0 &&
+ test_must_fail git merge rename^0 2>errors.txt &&
+ ! grep "refusing to lose untracked file" errors.txt
+'
+
test_done