diff --git a/tests/test-symlinks b/tests/test-symlinks
--- a/tests/test-symlinks
+++ b/tests/test-symlinks
@@ -72,3 +72,13 @@ hg commit -A -m 'add symlink in a/b/c su
 echo '2. clone it'
 cd ..
 hg clone test testclone
+
+echo '# git symlink diff'
+cd testclone
+hg diff --git -r null:tip
+hg export --git tip > ../sl.diff
+echo '# import git symlink diff'
+hg rm a/b/c/demo
+hg commit -m'remove link'
+hg import ../sl.diff
+hg diff --git -r 1:tip