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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git cat-file textconv support'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+cat >helper <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+sed 's/^/converted: /' "$@"
+EOF
+chmod +x helper
+
+test_expect_success 'setup ' '
+	echo test >one.bin &&
+	git add . &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number1 git commit -a -m First --date="2010-01-01 18:00:00" &&
+	echo test version 2 >one.bin &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+fatal: git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on :one.bin
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'no filter specified' '
+	git cat-file --textconv :one.bin 2>result
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup textconv filters' '
+	echo "*.bin diff=test" >.gitattributes &&
+	git config diff.test.textconv ./helper &&
+	git config diff.test.cachetextconv false
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+test version 2
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file without --textconv' '
+	git cat-file blob :one.bin >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+test
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file without --textconv on previous commit' '
+	git cat-file -p HEAD^:one.bin >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+converted: test version 2
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file --textconv on last commit' '
+	git cat-file --textconv :one.bin >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+converted: test
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file --textconv on previous commit' '
+	git cat-file --textconv HEAD^:one.bin >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+test_done