--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git mktree'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ for d in a a. a0
+ do
+ mkdir "$d" && echo "$d/one" >"$d/one" &&
+ git add "$d"
+ done &&
+ echo one >one &&
+ git add one &&
+ git write-tree >tree &&
+ git ls-tree $(cat tree) >top &&
+ git ls-tree -r $(cat tree) >all &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -q -m one &&
+ H=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ git update-index --add --cacheinfo 160000 $H sub &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -q -m two &&
+ git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} >tree.withsub &&
+ git ls-tree HEAD >top.withsub &&
+ git ls-tree -r HEAD >all.withsub
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree piped to mktree (1)' '
+ git mktree <top >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree piped to mktree (2)' '
+ git mktree <top.withsub >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree.withsub actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree output in wrong order given to mktree (1)' '
+ perl -e "print reverse <>" <top |
+ git mktree >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree output in wrong order given to mktree (2)' '
+ perl -e "print reverse <>" <top.withsub |
+ git mktree >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree.withsub actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'mktree reads ls-tree -r output (1)' '
+ git mktree <all >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'mktree reads ls-tree -r output (2)' '
+ git mktree <all.withsub >actual &&
+ test_cmp tree.withsub actual
+'
+
+test_done