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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git rebase --whitespace=fix
+
+This test runs git rebase --whitespace=fix and make sure that it works.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# prepare initial revision of "file" with a blank line at the end
+cat >file <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+
+EOF
+
+# expected contents in "file" after rebase
+cat >expect-first <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+EOF
+
+# prepare second revision of "file"
+cat >second <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+
+d
+e
+f
+
+
+
+
+EOF
+
+# expected contents in second revision after rebase
+cat >expect-second <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+
+d
+e
+f
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'blank line at end of file; extend at end of file' '
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial empty commit" &&
+	git add file && git commit -m first &&
+	mv second file &&
+	git add file &&	git commit -m second &&
+	git rebase --whitespace=fix HEAD^^ &&
+	git diff --exit-code HEAD^:file expect-first &&
+	test_cmp file expect-second
+'
+
+# prepare third revision of "file"
+sed -e's/Z//' >third <<EOF
+a
+b
+c
+
+d
+e
+f
+    Z
+ Z
+h
+i
+j
+k
+l
+EOF
+
+sed -e's/ //g' <third >expect-third
+
+test_expect_success 'two blanks line at end of file; extend at end of file' '
+	cp third file && git add file && git commit -m third &&
+	git rebase --whitespace=fix HEAD^^ &&
+	git diff --exit-code HEAD^:file expect-second &&
+	test_cmp file expect-third
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'same, but do not remove trailing spaces' '
+	git config core.whitespace "-blank-at-eol" &&
+	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+	cp third file && git add file && git commit -m third &&
+	git rebase --whitespace=fix HEAD^^
+	git diff --exit-code HEAD^:file expect-second &&
+	test_cmp file third
+'
+
+sed -e's/Z//' >beginning <<EOF
+a
+		    Z
+       Z
+EOF
+
+cat >expect-beginning <<EOF
+a
+
+
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'at beginning of file' '
+	git config core.whitespace "blank-at-eol" &&
+	cp beginning file &&
+	git commit -m beginning file &&
+	for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+		echo $i
+	done >> file &&
+	git commit -m more file	&&
+	git rebase --whitespace=fix HEAD^^ &&
+	test_cmp file expect-beginning
+'
+
+test_done