expose a helper function peel_to_type().

diff --git a/t/t7502-status.sh b/t/t7502-status.sh
index b64ce30ff1c28a44b24eb6dd07a2cd9e260e0326..e00607490bcb0439c6557003a3419d84823a8f00 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7502-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7502-status.sh
@@ -128,4 +128,25 @@ test_expect_success 'status without relative paths' '
 
 '
 
+cat <<EOF >expect
+# On branch master
+# Changes to be committed:
+#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
+#
+#      modified:   dir1/modified
+#
+# Untracked files:
+#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
+#
+#      dir1/untracked
+#      dir2/
+#      expect
+#      output
+#      untracked
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'status of partial commit excluding new file in index' '
+       git status dir1/modified >output &&
+       diff -u expect output
+'
+
 test_done