diff --git a/tests/test-manifest b/tests/test-manifest
--- a/tests/test-manifest
+++ b/tests/test-manifest
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Source bundle was generated with the following script.
+#
+# hg init
+# echo a > a
+# ln -s a l
+# hg ci -Ama -d'0 0'
+# mkdir b
+# echo a > b/a
+# chmod +x b/a
+# hg ci -Amb -d'1 0'
+
 hg init
-echo a > a
-hg ci -Ama -d'0 0'
-mkdir b
-echo a > b/a
-hg ci -Amb -d'1 0'
+hg -q pull "$TESTDIR/test-manifest.hg"
+
 hg manifest
 hg manifest -v
 hg manifest --debug