--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test cherry-picking many commits'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ echo first > file1 &&
+ git add file1 &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "first" &&
+ git tag first &&
+
+ git checkout -b other &&
+ for val in second third fourth
+ do
+ echo $val >> file1 &&
+ git add file1 &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m "$val" &&
+ git tag $val
+ done
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick first..fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard first &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git cherry-pick first..fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet other &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD other &&
+ test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse --verify fourth)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick --ff first..fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard first &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git cherry-pick --ff first..fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet other &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD other &&
+ test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" = "$(git rev-parse --verify fourth)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick -n first..fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard first &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git cherry-pick -n first..fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet other &&
+ git diff --cached --quiet other &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD first
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'revert first..fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard fourth &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git revert first..fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet first &&
+ git diff --cached --quiet first &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD first
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'revert ^first fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard fourth &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git revert ^first fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet first &&
+ git diff --cached --quiet first &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD first
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'revert fourth fourth~1 fourth~2 works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard fourth &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git revert fourth fourth~1 fourth~2 &&
+ git diff --quiet first &&
+ git diff --cached --quiet first &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD first
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick -3 fourth works' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git reset --hard first &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git cherry-pick -3 fourth &&
+ git diff --quiet other &&
+ git diff --quiet HEAD other &&
+ test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse --verify fourth)"
+'
+
+test_done