test_cmp actual expect
'
+test_expect_success 'set up mod-256 conflict scenario' '
+ # 256 near-identical stanzas...
+ for i in $(test_seq 1 256); do
+ for j in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+ echo $i-$j
+ done
+ done >file &&
+ git add file &&
+ git commit -m base &&
+
+ # one side changes the first line of each to "master"
+ sed s/-1/-master/ <file >tmp &&
+ mv tmp file &&
+ git commit -am master &&
+
+ # and the other to "side"; merging the two will
+ # yield 256 separate conflicts
+ git checkout -b side HEAD^ &&
+ sed s/-1/-side/ <file >tmp &&
+ mv tmp file &&
+ git commit -am side
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge detects mod-256 conflicts (recursive)' '
+ git reset --hard &&
+ test_must_fail git merge -s recursive master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge detects mod-256 conflicts (resolve)' '
+ git reset --hard &&
+ test_must_fail git merge -s resolve master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge nothing into void' '
+ git init void &&
+ (
+ cd void &&
+ git remote add up .. &&
+ git fetch up &&
+ test_must_fail git merge FETCH_HEAD
+ )
+'
+
test_done