# HG changeset patch
# User Valentin Gatien-Baron <valentin.gatienbaron@gmail.com>
# Date 2020-05-25 21:29:38
# Node ID 3db660b8eba640bb0f64890446dc63c7d2f84c1f
# Parent  5fe8f02ced6d75fd2afd2abcae754aed511dabbb

grep: add test coverage of behavior on symlinks

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8580

diff --git a/tests/test-grep.t b/tests/test-grep.t
--- a/tests/test-grep.t
+++ b/tests/test-grep.t
@@ -666,7 +666,15 @@ Existing tracked files in the working di
   new:modified
   um:unmod
 
- which can be overridden by -rREV
+#if symlink
+Grepping a symlink greps its destination
+
+  $ rm -f added; ln -s symlink-added added
+  $ hg grep '' | grep added
+  added:symlink-added
+#endif
+
+But we can search files from some other revision with -rREV
 
   $ hg grep -r. mod
   um:1:unmod