--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009, Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='log family learns --stdin'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+check () {
+ for cmd in rev-list "log --stat"
+ do
+ for i in "$@"
+ do
+ printf "%s\n" $i
+ done >input &&
+ test_expect_success "check $cmd $*" '
+ git $cmd $(cat input) >expect &&
+ git $cmd --stdin <input >actual &&
+ sed -e "s/^/input /" input &&
+ sed -e "s/^/output /" expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ '
+ done
+}
+
+them='1 2 3 4 5 6 7'
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ (
+ for i in 0 $them
+ do
+ for j in $them
+ do
+ echo $i.$j >file-$j &&
+ git add file-$j || exit
+ done &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m $i || exit
+ done &&
+ for i in $them
+ do
+ git checkout -b side-$i master~$i &&
+ echo updated $i >file-$i &&
+ git add file-$i &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m side-$i || exit
+ done
+ )
+'
+
+check master
+check side-1 ^side-4
+check side-1 ^side-7 --
+check side-1 ^side-7 -- file-1
+check side-1 ^side-7 -- file-2
+check side-3 ^side-4 -- file-3
+check side-3 ^side-2
+check side-3 ^side-2 -- file-1
+
+test_done