--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Amos Waterland
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Christian Couder
+#
+
+test_description='git pack-refs should not change the branch semantic
+
+This test runs git pack-refs and git show-ref and checks that the branch
+semantic is still the same.
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'prepare a trivial repository' \
+ 'echo Hello > A &&
+ git-update-index --add A &&
+ git-commit -m "Initial commit." &&
+ HEAD=$(git-rev-parse --verify HEAD)'
+
+SHA1=
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'see if git show-ref works as expected' \
+ 'git-branch a &&
+ SHA1=$(< .git/refs/heads/a) &&
+ echo "$SHA1 refs/heads/a" >expect &&
+ git-show-ref a >result &&
+ diff expect result'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'see if a branch still exists when packed' \
+ 'git-branch b &&
+ git-pack-refs &&
+ rm .git/refs/heads/b &&
+ echo "$SHA1 refs/heads/b" >expect &&
+ git-show-ref b >result &&
+ diff expect result'
+
+# test_expect_failure \
+# 'git branch c/d should barf if branch c exists' \
+# 'git-branch c &&
+# git-pack-refs &&
+# rm .git/refs/heads/c &&
+# git-branch c/d'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'see if a branch still exists after git pack-refs --prune' \
+ 'git-branch e &&
+ git-pack-refs --prune &&
+ echo "$SHA1 refs/heads/e" >expect &&
+ git-show-ref e >result &&
+ diff expect result'
+
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'see if git pack-refs --prune remove ref files' \
+ 'git-branch f &&
+ git-pack-refs --prune &&
+ ls .git/refs/heads/f'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'git branch g should work when git branch g/h has been deleted' \
+ 'git-branch g/h &&
+ git-pack-refs --prune &&
+ git-branch -d g/h &&
+ git-branch g &&
+ git-pack-refs &&
+ git-branch -d g'
+
+test_done