--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='git-ls-files --others --exclude
+
+This test runs git-ls-files --others and tests --exclude patterns.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+rm -fr one three
+for dir in . one one/two three
+do
+ mkdir -p $dir &&
+ for i in 1 2 3 4 5
+ do
+ >$dir/a.$i
+ done
+done
+
+cat >expect <<EOF
+a.2
+a.4
+a.5
+one/a.3
+one/a.4
+one/a.5
+one/two/a.3
+one/two/a.5
+three/a.2
+three/a.3
+three/a.4
+three/a.5
+EOF
+
+echo '.gitignore
+output
+expect
+.gitignore
+' >.git/ignore
+
+echo '*.1
+/*.3' >.gitignore
+echo '*.2
+two/*.4' >one/.gitignore
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'git-ls-files --others --exclude.' \
+ 'git-ls-files --others \
+ --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore \
+ --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
+ >output &&
+ diff -u expect output'