--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Amos Waterland
+#
+
+test_description='git rebase should not destroy author information
+
+This test runs git rebase and checks that the author information is not lost.
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus_email_address
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'prepare repository with topic branch, then rebase against master' \
+ 'echo First > A &&
+ git-update-index --add A &&
+ git-commit -m "Add A." &&
+ git checkout -b my-topic-branch &&
+ echo Second > B &&
+ git-update-index --add B &&
+ git-commit -m "Add B." &&
+ git checkout -f master &&
+ echo Third >> A &&
+ git-update-index A &&
+ git-commit -m "Modify A." &&
+ git checkout -f my-topic-branch &&
+ git rebase master'
+
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'the rebase operation should not have destroyed author information' \
+ 'git log | grep "Author:" | grep "<>"'
+
+test_done