1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh b/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
index 156a1efacf..9bf9524934 100755
--- a/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
+++ b/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test_expect_success !WINDOWS 'custom merge driver that is killed with a signal'
 
 	>./please-abort &&
 	echo "* merge=custom" >.gitattributes &&
-	test_must_fail git merge main 2>err &&
+	test_expect_code 2 git merge main 2>err &&
 	grep "^error: failed to execute internal merge" err &&
 	git ls-files -u >output &&
 	git diff --name-only HEAD >>output &&
@@ -261,4 +261,44 @@ test_expect_success 'binary files with union attribute' '
 	grep -i "warning.*cannot merge.*HEAD vs. bin-main" output
 '
 
+test_expect_success !WINDOWS 'custom merge driver that is killed with a signal on recursive merge' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f output please-abort" &&
+	test_when_finished "git checkout side" &&
+
+	git reset --hard anchor &&
+
+	git checkout -b base-a main^ &&
+	echo base-a >text &&
+	git commit -m base-a text &&
+
+	git checkout -b base-b main^ &&
+	echo base-b >text &&
+	git commit -m base-b text &&
+
+	git checkout -b recursive-a base-a &&
+	test_must_fail git merge base-b &&
+	echo recursive-a >text &&
+	git add text &&
+	git commit -m recursive-a &&
+
+	git checkout -b recursive-b base-b &&
+	test_must_fail git merge base-a &&
+	echo recursive-b >text &&
+	git add text &&
+	git commit -m recursive-b &&
+
+	git config --replace-all \
+	merge.custom.driver "./custom-merge %O %A %B 0 %P %S %X %Y" &&
+	git config --replace-all \
+	merge.custom.name "custom merge driver for testing" &&
+
+	>./please-abort &&
+	echo "* merge=custom" >.gitattributes &&
+	test_expect_code 2 git merge recursive-a 2>err &&
+	grep "error: failed to execute internal merge" err &&
+	git ls-files -u >output &&
+	git diff --name-only HEAD >>output &&
+	test_must_be_empty output
+'
+
 test_done