1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/t9700/test.pl b/t/t9700/test.pl
index d8e85482ab..58a9b328d5 100755
--- a/t/t9700/test.pl
+++ b/t/t9700/test.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use lib (split(/:/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB}));
 
-use 5.008001;
+require v5.26;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ close TEMPFILE3;
 unlink $tmpfile3;
 chdir($abs_repo_dir);
 
+# open alternate bare repo
+my $r4 = Git->repository(Directory => "$abs_repo_dir/bare.git");
+is($r4->command_oneline(qw(log --format=%s)), "bare commit",
+	"log of bare repo works");
+
 # unquoting paths
 is(Git::unquote_path('abc'), 'abc', 'unquote unquoted path');
 is(Git::unquote_path('"abc def"'), 'abc def', 'unquote simple quoted path');