diff --git a/t/t1003-read-tree-prefix.sh b/t/t1003-read-tree-prefix.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='git-read-tree --prefix test.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	echo hello >one &&
+	git-update-index --add one &&
+	tree=`git-write-tree` &&
+	echo tree is $tree
+'
+
+echo 'one
+two/one' >expect
+
+test_expect_success 'read-tree --prefix' '
+	git-read-tree --prefix=two/ $tree &&
+	git-ls-files >actual &&
+	cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh b/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='Try various core-level commands in subdirectory.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	long="a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z" &&
+	for c in $long; do echo $c; done >one &&
+	mkdir dir &&
+	for c in x y z $long a b c; do echo $c; done >dir/two &&
+	cp one original.one &&
+	cp dir/two original.two
+'
+HERE=`pwd`
+LF='
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update-index and ls-files' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	git-update-index --add one &&
+	case "`git-ls-files`" in
+	one) echo ok one ;;
+	*) echo bad one; exit 1 ;;
+	esac &&
+	cd dir &&
+	git-update-index --add two &&
+	case "`git-ls-files`" in
+	two) echo ok two ;;
+	*) echo bad two; exit 1 ;;
+	esac &&
+	cd .. &&
+	case "`git-ls-files`" in
+	dir/two"$LF"one) echo ok both ;;
+	*) echo bad; exit 1 ;;
+	esac
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cat-file' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	two=`git-ls-files -s dir/two` &&
+	two=`expr "$two" : "[0-7]* \\([0-9a-f]*\\)"` &&
+	echo "$two" &&
+	git-cat-file -p "$two" >actual &&
+	cmp dir/two actual &&
+	cd dir &&
+	git-cat-file -p "$two" >actual &&
+	cmp two actual
+'
+rm -f actual dir/actual
+
+test_expect_success 'diff-files' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	echo a >>one &&
+	echo d >>dir/two &&
+	case "`git-diff-files --name-only`" in
+	dir/two"$LF"one) echo ok top ;;
+	*) echo bad top; exit 1 ;;
+	esac &&
+	# diff should not omit leading paths
+	cd dir &&
+	case "`git-diff-files --name-only`" in
+	dir/two"$LF"one) echo ok subdir ;;
+	*) echo bad subdir; exit 1 ;;
+	esac &&
+	case "`git-diff-files --name-only .`" in
+	dir/two) echo ok subdir limited ;;
+	*) echo bad subdir limited; exit 1 ;;
+	esac
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'write-tree' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	top=`git-write-tree` &&
+	echo $top &&
+	cd dir &&
+	sub=`git-write-tree` &&
+	echo $sub &&
+	test "z$top" = "z$sub"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout-index' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	git-checkout-index -f -u one &&
+	cmp one original.one &&
+	cd dir &&
+	git-checkout-index -f -u two &&
+	cmp two ../original.two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read-tree' '
+	cd $HERE &&
+	rm -f one dir/two &&
+	tree=`git-write-tree` &&
+	git-read-tree --reset -u "$tree" &&
+	cmp one original.one &&
+	cmp dir/two original.two &&
+	cd dir &&
+	rm -f two &&
+	git-read-tree --reset -u "$tree" &&
+	cmp two ../original.two &&
+	cmp ../one ../original.one
+'
+
+test_done