1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index 6779e62103..a74576bc02 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -297,3 +297,18 @@ INHERIT:remove = \"report-error\"
 
         test_recipe_summary_after = get_bb_var('SUMMARY', test_recipe)
         self.assertEqual(expected_recipe_summary, test_recipe_summary_after)
+
+    def test_git_patchtool(self):
+        """ PATCHTOOL=git should work with non-git sources like tarballs
+            test recipe for the test must NOT containt git:// repository in SRC_URI
+        """
+        test_recipe = "man-db"
+        self.write_recipeinc(test_recipe, 'PATCHTOOL=\"git\"')
+        src = get_bb_var("SRC_URI",test_recipe)
+        gitscm = re.search("git://", src)
+        self.assertFalse(gitscm, "test_git_patchtool pre-condition failed: {} test recipe contains git repo!".format(test_recipe))
+        result = bitbake('man-db -c patch', ignore_status=False)
+        fatal = re.search("fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)", result.output)
+        self.assertFalse(fatal, "Failed to patch using PATCHTOOL=\"git\"")
+        self.delete_recipeinc(test_recipe)
+        bitbake('-cclean man-db')