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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git archive stabilty'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+create_archive_file_with_config () {
+	local file="$1" &&
+	local config="$2" &&
+	shift 2 &&
+
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$file\"" &&
+	git -c tar.tgz.command="$config" archive -o "$file" HEAD
+}
+
+setup_gzip_vs_git_archive_gzip () {
+	create_archive_file_with_config "expect.tgz" "gzip -cn" &&
+	create_archive_file_with_config "actual.tgz" "git archive gzip"
+}
+
+test_lazy_prereq GZIP_TRIVIALLY_STABLE '
+	git clone "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" . &&
+	test_commit P &&
+	setup_gzip_vs_git_archive_gzip &&
+	test_cmp_bin expect.tgz actual.tgz
+'
+
+if ! test_have_prereq GZIP_TRIVIALLY_STABLE
+then
+	skip_all='skipping gzip v.s. git archive gzip tests, even trivial content differs'
+	test_done
+fi
+
+# The first test_expect_success is after the "skip_all" so we'll get
+# the skip summary in prove(1) output.
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit A
+'
+
+test_expect_success GZIP '"gzip -cn" and v.s. "git archive gzip" produce the same output still' '
+	setup_gzip_vs_git_archive_gzip &&
+	test_cmp_bin expect.tgz actual.tgz
+'
+
+generate_objects () {
+	i=$1
+	iii=$(printf '%03i' $i)
+	{
+		echo $iii &&
+		test-tool genrandom "$iii" 8192
+	} >file_$iii &&
+	git update-index --add file_$iii
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'create objects with (stable) random data' '
+	test_commit initial &&
+	for i in $(test_seq 1 5)
+	do
+		generate_objects $i || return 1
+	done &&
+	git commit -m"add objects"
+'
+
+test_expect_success GZIP '"gzip -cn" and v.s. "git archive gzip" have differing output' '
+	setup_gzip_vs_git_archive_gzip &&
+	! test_cmp_bin expect.tgz actual.tgz
+'
+
+test_done