--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Test cloning a repository larger than 2 gigabyte'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test -z "$GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB" &&
+say "Skipping expensive 2GB clone test; enable it with GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB=t" &&
+test_done &&
+exit
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+
+ git config pack.compression 0 &&
+ git config pack.depth 0 &&
+ blobsize=$((20*1024*1024)) &&
+ blobcount=$((2*1024*1024*1024/$blobsize+1)) &&
+ i=1 &&
+ (while test $i -le $blobcount
+ do
+ printf "Generating blob $i/$blobcount\r" >&2 &&
+ printf "blob\nmark :$i\ndata $blobsize\n" &&
+ #test-genrandom $i $blobsize &&
+ printf "%-${blobsize}s" $i &&
+ echo "M 100644 :$i $i" >> commit
+ i=$(($i+1)) ||
+ echo $? > exit-status
+ done &&
+ echo "commit refs/heads/master" &&
+ echo "author A U Thor <author@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
+ echo "committer C O Mitter <committer@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
+ echo "data 5" &&
+ echo ">2gb" &&
+ cat commit) |
+ git fast-import &&
+ test ! -f exit-status
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone' '
+
+ git clone --bare --no-hardlinks . clone
+
+'
+
+test_done