1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git/test/test_git.py b/git/test/test_git.py
index 51da5f97..f7442257 100644
--- a/git/test/test_git.py
+++ b/git/test/test_git.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from git import (
     GitCommandNotFound,
     Repo
 )
+from git.cmd import _deplete_buffer
 from gitdb.test.lib import with_rw_directory
 
 from git.compat import PY3
@@ -204,3 +205,19 @@ class TestGit(TestBase):
                 # end
             # end
         # end if select.poll exists
+
+    def test_dispatch_lines(self):
+        for path, line_count in ((fixture_path('issue-301_stderr'), 5002),
+                                 (fixture_path('issue-301_FETCH_HEAD'), 5001)):
+            count = [0]
+            def counter(line):
+                count[0] += 1
+
+            fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
+            buf_list = [b'']
+            lines_parsed = _deplete_buffer(fd, counter, buf_list)
+            os.close(fd)
+
+            assert lines_parsed == line_count
+            assert count[0] == line_count
+        # end for each file to read