--- a/tests/test-inotify.t Wed Dec 19 10:02:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-inotify.t Wed Dec 19 10:40:34 2012 -0800
@@ -160,3 +160,16 @@
$ kill `cat hg.pid`
$ cd ..
+
+Ensure that if the repo is in a directory whose name is too long, the
+unix domain socket is reached through a symlink (issue1208).
+
+ $ mkdir 0_3456789_10_456789_20_456789_30_456789_40_456789_50_45678_
+ $ cd 0_3456789_10_456789_20_456789_30_456789_40_456789_50_45678_
+ $ mkdir 60_456789_70_456789_80_456789_90_456789_100_56789_
+ $ cd 60_456789_70_456789_80_456789_90_456789_100_56789_
+
+ $ hg --config inotify.pidfile=hg3.pid clone -q ../../repo1
+ $ readlink repo1/.hg/inotify.sock
+ */inotify.sock (glob)
+ $ kill `cat hg3.pid`