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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test git repo-info'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Test whether a key-value pair is correctly returned
+#
+# Usage: test_repo_info <label> <init command> <key> <expected value>
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   label: the label of the test
+#   init_command: a command which creates a repository
+#   repo_name: the name of the repository that will be created in init_command
+#   key: the key of the field that is being tested
+#   expected_value: the value that the field should contain
+test_repo_info () {
+	label=$1
+	init_command=$2
+	repo_name=$3
+	key=$4
+	expected_value=$5
+
+	test_expect_success "$label" '
+		eval "$init_command $repo_name" &&
+		echo "$key=$expected_value" >expected &&
+		git -C $repo_name repo info "$key" >actual &&
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	'
+}
+
+test_repo_info 'ref format files is retrieved correctly' '
+	git init --ref-format=files' 'format-files' 'references.format' 'files'
+
+test_repo_info 'ref format reftable is retrieved correctly' '
+	git init --ref-format=reftable' 'format-reftable' 'references.format' 'reftable'
+
+test_expect_success 'git-repo-info fails if an invalid key is requested' '
+	echo "error: key '\'foo\'' not found" >expected_err &&