tests: config: assure that we can read symlinked global configuration

According to reports, libgit2 is unable to read a global configuration
file that is simply a symlink to the real configuration. Write a
(succeeding) test that shows that libgit2 _is_ correctly able to do so.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/config/global.c b/tests/config/global.c
index 21879199e..647a110e3 100644
--- a/tests/config/global.c
+++ b/tests/config/global.c
@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ void test_config_global__open_global(void)
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
 
+void test_config_global__open_symlinked_global(void)
+{
+#ifndef GIT_WIN32
+	git_config *cfg;
+	int32_t value;
+
+	cl_git_mkfile("home/.gitconfig.linked", "[global]\n  test = 4567\n");
+	cl_must_pass(symlink(".gitconfig.linked", "home/.gitconfig"));
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_default(&cfg));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_int32(&value, cfg, "global.test"));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(4567, value);
+
+	git_config_free(cfg);
+#endif
+}
+
 void test_config_global__open_xdg(void)
 {
 	git_config *cfg, *xdg, *selected;