+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='rebasing a commit with multi-line first paragraph.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+ >file &&
+ git add file &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m initial &&
+
+ echo hello >file &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -a -m "A sample commit log message that has a long
+summary that spills over multiple lines.
+
+But otherwise with a sane description."
+
+ git branch side &&
+
+ git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+ >elif &&
+ git add elif &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m second
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success rebase '
+
+ git checkout side &&
+ git rebase master &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -e "1,/^$/d" >actual &&
+ git cat-file commit side@{1} | sed -e "1,/^$/d" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
+test_done