--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git cat-file'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+echo_without_newline () {
+ printf '%s' "$*"
+}
+
+strlen () {
+ echo_without_newline "$1" | wc -c | sed -e 's/^ *//'
+}
+
+maybe_remove_timestamp () {
+ if test -z "$2"; then
+ echo_without_newline "$1"
+ else
+ echo_without_newline "$(printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed -e 's/ [0-9][0-9]* [-+][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$//')"
+ fi
+}
+
+run_tests () {
+ type=$1
+ sha1=$2
+ size=$3
+ content=$4
+ pretty_content=$5
+ no_ts=$6
+
+ test_expect_success "$type exists" '
+ git cat-file -e $sha1
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "Type of $type is correct" '
+ test $type = "$(git cat-file -t $sha1)"
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "Size of $type is correct" '
+ test $size = "$(git cat-file -s $sha1)"
+ '
+
+ test -z "$content" ||
+ test_expect_success "Content of $type is correct" '
+ expect="$(maybe_remove_timestamp "$content" $no_ts)"
+ actual="$(maybe_remove_timestamp "$(git cat-file $type $sha1)" $no_ts)"
+
+ if test "z$expect" = "z$actual"
+ then
+ : happy
+ else
+ echo "Oops: expected $expect"
+ echo "but got $actual"
+ false
+ fi
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "Pretty content of $type is correct" '
+ expect="$(maybe_remove_timestamp "$pretty_content" $no_ts)"
+ actual="$(maybe_remove_timestamp "$(git cat-file -p $sha1)" $no_ts)"
+ if test "z$expect" = "z$actual"
+ then
+ : happy
+ else
+ echo "Oops: expected $expect"
+ echo "but got $actual"
+ false
+ fi
+ '
+}
+
+hello_content="Hello World"
+hello_size=$(strlen "$hello_content")
+hello_sha1=$(echo_without_newline "$hello_content" | git hash-object --stdin)
+
+test_expect_success "setup" '
+ echo_without_newline "$hello_content" > hello &&
+ git update-index --add hello
+'
+
+run_tests 'blob' $hello_sha1 $hello_size "$hello_content" "$hello_content"
+
+tree_sha1=$(git write-tree)
+tree_size=33
+tree_pretty_content="100644 blob $hello_sha1 hello"
+
+run_tests 'tree' $tree_sha1 $tree_size "" "$tree_pretty_content"
+
+commit_message="Intial commit"
+commit_sha1=$(echo_without_newline "$commit_message" | git commit-tree $tree_sha1)
+commit_size=176
+commit_content="tree $tree_sha1
+author $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME <$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL> 0000000000 +0000
+committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 0000000000 +0000
+
+$commit_message"
+
+run_tests 'commit' $commit_sha1 $commit_size "$commit_content" "$commit_content" 1
+
+tag_header_without_timestamp="object $hello_sha1
+type blob
+tag hellotag
+tagger $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL>"
+tag_description="This is a tag"
+tag_content="$tag_header_without_timestamp 0000000000 +0000
+
+$tag_description"
+tag_pretty_content="$tag_header_without_timestamp Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+
+$tag_description"
+
+tag_sha1=$(echo_without_newline "$tag_content" | git mktag)
+tag_size=$(strlen "$tag_content")
+
+run_tests 'tag' $tag_sha1 $tag_size "$tag_content" "$tag_pretty_content" 1
+
+test_expect_success \
+ "Reach a blob from a tag pointing to it" \
+ "test '$hello_content' = \"\$(git cat-file blob $tag_sha1)\""
+
+test_done