--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Christian Couder
+#
+test_description='Tests replace refs functionality'
+
+exec </dev/null
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+add_and_commit_file()
+{
+ _file="$1"
+ _msg="$2"
+
+ git add $_file || return $?
+ test_tick || return $?
+ git commit --quiet -m "$_file: $_msg"
+}
+
+HASH1=
+HASH2=
+HASH3=
+HASH4=
+HASH5=
+HASH6=
+HASH7=
+
+test_expect_success 'set up buggy branch' '
+ echo "line 1" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 2" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 3" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 4" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "4 lines" &&
+ HASH1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+ echo "line BUG" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 6" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 7" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 8" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "4 more lines with a BUG" &&
+ HASH2=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+ echo "line 9" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 10" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "2 more lines" &&
+ HASH3=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+ echo "line 11" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "1 more line" &&
+ HASH4=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+ sed -e "s/BUG/5/" hello > hello.new &&
+ mv hello.new hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "BUG fixed" &&
+ HASH5=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+ echo "line 12" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 13" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "2 more lines" &&
+ HASH6=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+ echo "line 14" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 15" >> hello &&
+ echo "line 16" >> hello &&
+ add_and_commit_file hello "again 3 more lines" &&
+ HASH7=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'replace the author' '
+ git cat-file commit $HASH2 | grep "author A U Thor" &&
+ R=$(git cat-file commit $HASH2 | sed -e "s/A U/O/" | git hash-object -t commit --stdin -w) &&
+ git cat-file commit $R | grep "author O Thor" &&
+ git update-ref refs/replace/$HASH2 $R &&
+ git show HEAD~5 | grep "O Thor" &&
+ git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor"
+'
+
+#
+#
+test_done