+void test_repo_open__with_symlinked_config(void)
+{
+#ifndef GIT_WIN32
+ git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+ git_repository *repo;
+ git_config *cfg;
+ int32_t value;
+
+ cl_git_sandbox_init("empty_standard_repo");
+
+ /* Setup .gitconfig as symlink */
+ cl_git_pass(git_futils_mkdir_r("home", 0777));
+ cl_git_mkfile("home/.gitconfig.linked", "[global]\ntest = 4567\n");
+ cl_must_pass(symlink(".gitconfig.linked", "home/.gitconfig"));
+ cl_git_pass(git_path_prettify(&path, "home", NULL));
+ cl_git_pass(git_libgit2_opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, path.ptr));
+
+ cl_git_pass(git_repository_open(&repo, "empty_standard_repo"));
+ cl_git_pass(git_config_open_default(&cfg));
+ cl_git_pass(git_config_get_int32(&value, cfg, "global.test"));
+ cl_assert_equal_i(4567, value);
+
+ git_config_free(cfg);
+ git_repository_free(repo);
+ cl_git_pass(git_futils_rmdir_r(git_buf_cstr(&path), NULL, GIT_RMDIR_REMOVE_FILES));
+ cl_sandbox_set_search_path_defaults();
+ git_buf_dispose(&path);
+#endif
+}
+