Noticed by Pasky.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test show-branch with more than 8 heads'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+numbers="1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+
+ > file &&
+ git add file &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m initial &&
+
+ for i in $numbers
+ do
+ git checkout -b branch$i master &&
+ > file$i &&
+ git add file$i &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m branch$i || break
+ done
+
+'
+
+cat > expect << EOF
+! [branch1] branch1
+ ! [branch2] branch2
+ ! [branch3] branch3
+ ! [branch4] branch4
+ ! [branch5] branch5
+ ! [branch6] branch6
+ ! [branch7] branch7
+ ! [branch8] branch8
+ ! [branch9] branch9
+ * [branch10] branch10
+----------
+ * [branch10] branch10
+ + [branch9] branch9
+ + [branch8] branch8
+ + [branch7] branch7
+ + [branch6] branch6
+ + [branch5] branch5
+ + [branch4] branch4
+ + [branch3] branch3
+ + [branch2] branch2
++ [branch1] branch1
++++++++++* [branch10^] initial
+EOF
+
+test_expect_failure 'show-branch with more than 8 branches' '
+
+ git show-branch $(for i in $numbers; do echo branch$i; done) > out &&
+ test_cmp expect out
+
+'
+
+test_done