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+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2025 Huawei Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+###
+# This test checks that roots with upwards symlinks can be added to the Git CAS,
+# but referencing invalid entries fails in analysis.
+##
+
+set -eu
+
+env
+
+readonly ROOT="$(pwd)"
+
+readonly JUST="${ROOT}/bin/tool-under-test"
+readonly JUST_MR="${ROOT}/bin/mr-tool-under-test"
+readonly LBR="${TEST_TMPDIR}/local-build-root"
+readonly OUT="${TEST_TMPDIR}/out"
+readonly SRCDIR="${ROOT}/src"
+readonly WRKDIR="${ROOT}/work"
+
+# Set up data with a valid symlink
+mkdir -p "${SRCDIR}/data-subtree" "${SRCDIR}/links-subtree"
+touch "${SRCDIR}/data-subtree/something"
+ln -s NON_EXISTENT "${SRCDIR}/links-subtree/valid"  # valid symlink
+cat > "${SRCDIR}/TARGETS" << EOF
+{ "":
+  { "type": "generic"
+  , "outs": ["out.txt"]
+  , "cmds": ["ls -alR > out.txt"]
+  , "deps": [["TREE", null, "data-subtree"], ["TREE", null, "links-subtree"]]
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+# Main repo depending on repo 'bar'
+mkdir -p "${WRKDIR}"
+cd "${WRKDIR}"
+touch ROOT
+cat > repos.json << EOF
+{ "repositories":
+  { "":
+    { "repository":
+      {"type": "file", "path": "${SRCDIR}", "pragma": {"to_git": true}}
+    }
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+# Test success with valid symlink in links-subtree
+"${JUST_MR}" --norc --just "${JUST}" --local-build-root "${LBR}" \
+    -L '["env", "PATH='"${PATH}"'"]' install -o ${OUT} 2>&1
+echo
+cat "${OUT}/out.txt"
+echo
+
+# Test analysis failure if invalid (upwards) symlink is added to links-subtree
+ln -s ../NON_EXISTENT "${SRCDIR}/links-subtree/invalid"
+
+"${JUST_MR}" --norc --just "${JUST}" --local-build-root "${LBR}" \
+    -L '["env", "PATH='"${PATH}"'"]' analyse 2>&1 \
+    && echo "this should fail" && exit 1 || :
+echo
+echo "failed as expected"
+
+echo OK