1 file changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/t0205-config.sh b/tests/t0205-config.sh
index 129b8de..068c390 100755
--- a/tests/t0205-config.sh
+++ b/tests/t0205-config.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,34 @@ test_expect_success 'a config file that cannot be read is reported' '
 	grep "Unable to read config file $PWD/no-such-include: No such file or directory" err
 '
 
+# An include is parsed from inside the line that names it, so a file that
+# includes itself would recurse until the stack gave out. Includes nest eight
+# deep below cgitrc, and a ninth is left unread. Each level sets root-desc
+# before it includes the next, so the deepest level read is what shows.
+test_expect_success 'includes stop at the nesting limit' '
+	{
+		echo "virtual-root=/" &&
+		echo "cache-size=0" &&
+		echo "repo.url=foo" &&
+		echo "repo.path=$PWD/repos/foo/.git" &&
+		echo "include=$PWD/selfrc"
+	} >selfrc &&
+	cgit_ok selfrc "url=foo/" >tmp &&
+	test_grep "data-page=.summary. data-repo=.foo." tmp &&
+	for level in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
+	do
+		{
+			echo "root-desc=level $level" &&
+			echo "include=$PWD/level$((level + 1))rc"
+		} >level${level}rc || return 1
+	done &&
+	echo "root-desc=level 9" >level9rc &&
+	cgitrc_repo chainrc foo "include=$PWD/level1rc" &&
+	cgit_ok chainrc "url=" >tmp &&
+	test_grep "level 8" tmp &&
+	test_grep ! "level 9" tmp
+'
+
 # A scanned repository's own cgitrc is optional, so a scan says nothing when
 # one is missing, and neither does reading the scan back from the cache.
 test_expect_success 'a scan says nothing of the files it may lack' '