--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='check random commands outside repo'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'set up a non-repo directory and test file' '
+ GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$(pwd) &&
+ export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
+ mkdir non-repo &&
+ (
+ cd non-repo &&
+ # confirm that git does not find a repo
+ test_must_fail git rev-parse --git-dir
+ ) &&
+ test_write_lines one two three four >nums &&
+ git add nums &&
+ cp nums nums.old &&
+ test_write_lines five >>nums &&
+ git diff >sample.patch
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'compute a patch-id outside repository (uses SHA-1)' '
+ nongit env GIT_DEFAULT_HASH=sha1 \
+ git patch-id <sample.patch >patch-id.expect &&
+ nongit \
+ git patch-id <sample.patch >patch-id.actual &&
+ test_cmp patch-id.expect patch-id.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'hash-object outside repository (uses SHA-1)' '
+ nongit env GIT_DEFAULT_HASH=sha1 \
+ git hash-object --stdin <sample.patch >hash.expect &&
+ nongit \
+ git hash-object --stdin <sample.patch >hash.actual &&
+ test_cmp hash.expect hash.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'apply a patch outside repository' '
+ (
+ cd non-repo &&
+ cp ../nums.old nums &&
+ git apply ../sample.patch
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp nums non-repo/nums
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'grep outside repository' '
+ git grep --cached two >expect &&
+ (
+ cd non-repo &&
+ cp ../nums.old nums &&
+ git grep --no-index two >../actual
+ ) &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done