git diff-tree --abbrev --raw L^ L >output &&
test_cmp expect output'
+cat >input <<INPUT_END
+blob
+mark :1
+data <<EOF
+the data
+EOF
+
+commit refs/heads/L2
+committer C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1112912473 -0700
+data <<COMMIT
+init L2
+COMMIT
+M 644 :1 a/b/c
+M 644 :1 a/b/d
+M 644 :1 a/e/f
+
+commit refs/heads/L2
+committer C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1112912473 -0700
+data <<COMMIT
+update L2
+COMMIT
+C a g
+C a/e g/b
+M 644 :1 g/b/h
+INPUT_END
+
+cat <<EOF >expect
+g/b/f
+g/b/h
+EOF
+
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'L: nested tree copy does not corrupt deltas' \
+ 'git fast-import <input &&
+ git ls-tree L2 g/b/ >tmp &&
+ cat tmp | cut -f 2 >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual &&
+ git fsck `git rev-parse L2`'
+
+git update-ref -d refs/heads/L2
+
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