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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='properly cull all ancestors'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+commit () {
+	test_tick &&
+	echo $1 >file &&
+	git commit -a -m $1 &&
+	git tag $1
+}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	touch file &&
+	git add file &&
+
+	commit one &&
+
+	test_tick=$(($test_tick - 2400))
+
+	commit two &&
+	commit three &&
+	commit four &&
+
+	git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'one is ancestor of others and should not be shown' '
+
+	git rev-list one --not four >result &&
+	>expect &&
+	diff -u expect result
+
+'
+
+test_done