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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Doug Kelly
+#
+
+test_description='Test submodules with a path near PATH_MAX
+
+This test verifies that "git submodule" initialization, update and clones work, including with recursive submodules and paths approaching PATH_MAX (260 characters on Windows)
+'
+
+TEST_NO_CREATE_REPO=1
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+longpath=""
+for (( i=0; i<4; i++ )); do
+	longpath="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz$longpath"
+done
+# Pick a substring maximum of 90 characters
+# This should be good, since we'll add on a lot for temp directories
+longpath=${longpath:0:90}; export longpath
+
+test_expect_failure 'submodule with a long path' '
+	git init --bare remote &&
+	test_create_repo bundle1 &&
+	(
+		cd bundle1 &&
+		test_commit "shoot" &&
+		git rev-parse --verify HEAD >../expect
+	) &&
+	mkdir home &&
+	(
+		cd home &&
+		git clone ../remote test &&
+		cd test &&
+		git submodule add ../bundle1 $longpath &&
+		test_commit "sogood" &&
+		(
+			cd $longpath &&
+			git rev-parse --verify HEAD >actual &&
+			test_cmp ../../../expect actual
+		) &&
+		git push origin master
+	) &&
+	mkdir home2 &&
+	(
+		cd home2 &&
+		git clone ../remote test &&
+		cd test &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		git submodule update --init &&
+		(
+			cd $longpath &&
+			git rev-parse --verify HEAD >actual &&
+			test_cmp ../../../expect actual
+		)
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'recursive submodule with a long path' '
+	git init --bare super &&
+	test_create_repo child &&
+	(
+		cd child &&
+		test_commit "shoot" &&
+		git rev-parse --verify HEAD >../expect
+	) &&
+	test_create_repo parent &&
+	(
+		cd parent &&
+		git submodule add ../child $longpath &&
+		test_commit "aim"
+	) &&
+	mkdir home3 &&
+	(
+		cd home3 &&
+		git clone ../super test &&
+		cd test &&
+		git submodule add ../parent foo &&
+		git submodule update --init --recursive
+		test_commit "sogood" &&
+		(
+			cd foo/$longpath &&
+			git rev-parse --verify HEAD >actual &&
+			test_cmp ../../../../expect actual
+		) &&
+		git push origin master
+	) &&
+	mkdir home4 &&
+	(
+		cd home4 &&
+		git clone ../super test --recursive &&
+		(
+			cd test/foo/$longpath &&
+			git rev-parse --verify HEAD >actual &&
+			test_cmp ../../../../expect actual
+		)
+	)
+'
+unset longpath
+
+test_done