1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
index 2e4b6dada3..fe9f7f77a4 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ class DevtoolTests(DevtoolBase):
         result = runCmd('devtool add %s %s -f %s' % (testrecipe, srcdir, url))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf')), 'Workspace directory not created. %s' % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(srcdir, 'setup.py')), 'Unable to find setup.py in source directory')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(srcdir, '.git')), 'git repository for external source tree was not created')
         # Test devtool status
         result = runCmd('devtool status')
         self.assertIn(testrecipe, result.output)
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ class DevtoolTests(DevtoolBase):
         result = runCmd('devtool add %s' % url)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf')), 'Workspace directory not created. %s' % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(srcdir, 'configure')), 'Unable to find configure script in source directory')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(srcdir, '.git')), 'git repository for external source tree was not created')
         # Test devtool status
         result = runCmd('devtool status')
         self.assertIn(testrecipe, result.output)