diff --git a/tests/test-inotify-lookup b/tests/test-inotify-lookup
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-inotify-lookup
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+"$TESTDIR/hghave" inotify || exit 80
+
+hg init
+echo "[extensions]" > .hg/hgrc
+echo "inotify=" >> .hg/hgrc
+hg inserve -d --pid-file .hg/inotify.pid
+
+echo a > a
+hg ci -Aqm0
+hg co -q null
+hg co -q
+hg st
+cat a
+
+kill `cat .hg/inotify.pid`
+
diff --git a/tests/test-inotify-lookup.out b/tests/test-inotify-lookup.out
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-inotify-lookup.out
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+a