1 file changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/t0507-hooks.sh b/tests/t0507-hooks.sh
index ec31546..f30bd94 100755
--- a/tests/t0507-hooks.sh
+++ b/tests/t0507-hooks.sh
@@ -96,19 +96,36 @@ test_expect_success SANITY 'the cache hook shows a pusher no error' '
 	test_must_be_empty err
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'the age hook writes the newest branch date' '
+# The newest branch tip by committer date is main. The other branch has the
+# newer author date, a tag outside refs/heads points at a newer commit
+# still, and an annotated tag was made later than all of them.
+test_expect_success 'set up a repository whose dates disagree' '
 	test_create_repo work &&
-	test_commit -C work first &&
+	(
+		cd work &&
+		echo one >file &&
+		git add file &&
+		GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" \
+		GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2021-02-03 04:05:06 +0000" git commit -q -m newest &&
+		git branch -M main &&
+		git checkout -q -b old &&
+		echo two >file &&
+		GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2029-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" \
+		GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" git commit -q -a -m older &&
+		echo three >file &&
+		GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2025-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" git commit -q -a -m loose &&
+		git tag loose &&
+		git reset -q --hard HEAD^ &&
+		GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2027-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" git tag -a -m release release main
+	) &&
 	git init -q --bare plain.git &&
-	git -C work push -q ../plain.git HEAD:refs/heads/main &&
-	(cd plain.git && sh "$HOOK_DIRECTORY/post-receive.cgit-age") &&
-	git -C plain.git for-each-ref --format="%(committerdate:iso8601)" refs/heads/main >expect &&
-	test_cmp expect plain.git/info/web/last-modified
+	git -C work push -q ../plain.git main old loose release &&
+	echo "2021-02-03 04:05:06 +0000" >expect
 '
 
 for shell in $shells
 do
-	test_expect_success "the age hook writes the same date under $shell" "
+	test_expect_success "the age hook writes the newest branch commit date under $shell" "
 		rm -f plain.git/info/web/last-modified &&
 		(cd plain.git && $shell \"\$HOOK_DIRECTORY/post-receive.cgit-age\") &&
 		test_cmp expect plain.git/info/web/last-modified