diff -r 3a463e5e470b -r 5d40317d42b7 tests/test-dirs.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test-dirs.py	Thu Oct 17 19:29:22 2019 -0400
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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import unittest
+
+import silenttestrunner
+
+from mercurial import util
+
+
+class dirstests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testdirs(self):
+        for case, want in [
+            (b'a/a/a', [b'a', b'a/a', b'']),
+            (b'alpha/beta/gamma', [b'', b'alpha', b'alpha/beta']),
+        ]:
+            d = util.dirs({})
+            d.addpath(case)
+            self.assertEqual(sorted(d), sorted(want))
+
+    def testinvalid(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            d = util.dirs({})
+            d.addpath(b'a//b')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    silenttestrunner.main(__name__)