diff --git a/t/t1003-read-tree-prefix.sh b/t/t1003-read-tree-prefix.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='git-read-tree --prefix test.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ echo hello >one &&
+ git-update-index --add one &&
+ tree=`git-write-tree` &&
+ echo tree is $tree
+'
+
+echo 'one
+two/one' >expect
+
+test_expect_success 'read-tree --prefix' '
+ git-read-tree --prefix=two/ $tree &&
+ git-ls-files >actual &&
+ cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done