1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git/test/test_index.py b/git/test/test_index.py
index 76d43cbf..a4e26977 100644
--- a/git/test/test_index.py
+++ b/git/test/test_index.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import shutil
 import time
 from stat import *
 
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from gitdb.base import IStream
+from git.objects import Blob
+from git.index.typ import BaseIndexEntry
+
 
 class TestIndex(TestBase):
 
@@ -671,3 +676,32 @@ class TestIndex(TestBase):
             index = IndexFile.new(self.rorepo, *args)
             assert isinstance(index, IndexFile)
         # END for each arg tuple
+
+    @with_rw_repo('HEAD', bare=True)
+    def test_index_bare_add(self, rw_bare_repo):
+        # Something is wrong after cloning to a bare repo, reading the
+        # property rw_bare_repo.working_tree_dir will return '/tmp'
+        # instead of throwing the Exception we are expecting. This is
+        # a quick hack to make this test fail when expected.
+        rw_bare_repo._working_tree_dir = None
+        contents = 'This is a StringIO file'
+        filesize = len(contents)
+        fileobj = StringIO(contents)
+        filename = 'my-imaginary-file'
+        istream = rw_bare_repo.odb.store(
+                IStream(Blob.type, filesize, fileobj))
+        entry = BaseIndexEntry((100644, istream.binsha, 0, filename))
+        try:
+        rw_bare_repo.index.add([entry])
+        except AssertionError, e:
+            self.fail("Adding to the index of a bare repo is not allowed.")
+
+        # Adding using a path should still require a non-bare repository.
+        asserted = False
+        path = os.path.join('git', 'test', 'test_index.py')
+        try:
+            rw_bare_repo.index.add([path])
+        except Exception, e:
+            asserted = "does not have a working tree" in e.message
+        assert asserted, "Adding using a filename is not correctly asserted."
+