2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/link-farm.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/link-farm.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ebfc707632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/link-farm.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ linkFarm, hello, writeTextFile, runCommand }:
+let
+  foo = writeTextFile {
+    name = "foo";
+    text = "foo";
+  };
+
+  linkFarmFromList = linkFarm "linkFarmFromList" [
+    { name = "foo"; path = foo; }
+    { name = "hello"; path = hello; }
+  ];
+
+  linkFarmWithRepeats = linkFarm "linkFarmWithRepeats" [
+    { name = "foo"; path = foo; }
+    { name = "hello"; path = hello; }
+    { name = "foo"; path = hello; }
+  ];
+
+  linkFarmFromAttrs = linkFarm "linkFarmFromAttrs" {
+    inherit foo hello;
+  };
+in
+runCommand "test-linkFarm" { } ''
+  function assertPathEquals() {
+    local a b;
+    a="$(realpath "$1")"
+    b="$(realpath "$2")"
+    if [ "$a" != "$b" ]; then
+      echo "path mismatch!"
+      echo "a: $1 -> $a"
+      echo "b: $2 -> $b"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  }
+
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmFromList}/foo" "${foo}"
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmFromList}/hello" "${hello}"
+
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmWithRepeats}/foo" "${hello}"
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmWithRepeats}/hello" "${hello}"
+
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmFromAttrs}/foo" "${foo}"
+  assertPathEquals "${linkFarmFromAttrs}/hello" "${hello}"
+  touch $out
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/test/default.nix b/pkgs/test/default.nix
index 2638bbc37e6..ca9e1da9be4 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ with pkgs;
     references = callPackage ../build-support/trivial-builders/test/references.nix {};
     overriding = callPackage ../build-support/trivial-builders/test-overriding.nix {};
     concat = callPackage ../build-support/trivial-builders/test/concat-test.nix {};
+    linkFarm = callPackage ../build-support/trivial-builders/test/link-farm.nix {};
   };
 
   writers = callPackage ../build-support/writers/test.nix {};