t5004: avoid using tar for empty packages

diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh
index 4cae92804d11f75f24bdd6f6517a88c834e7cfc7..1a6773ee6889939a0046664bd8a7cdcc4f21fe01 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7501-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh
@@ -517,6 +517,22 @@ Myfooter: x" &&
        test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'signoff not confused by ---' '
+       cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+               subject
+
+               body
+               ---
+               these dashes confuse the parser!
+
+               Signed-off-by: $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL>
+       EOF
+       # should be a noop, since we already signed
+       git commit --allow-empty --signoff -F expected &&
+       git log -1 --pretty=format:%B >actual &&
+       test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'multiple -m' '
 
        >negative &&