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+'use strict';
+
+const FS = require('fs');
+const Test = require('./include/runner');
+
+const setUp = (context) => {
+
+   context.realRoot = context.dir('real-root');
+   context.realSubRoot = context.dir('real-root/foo');
+   context.fakeRoot = context.dir('fake-root');
+
+   return context.gitP(context.realRoot).init();
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+   'reports true for a real root': new Test(setUp, function (context, assert) {
+      const expected = true;
+      const git = context.gitP(context.realRoot);
+
+      return git.checkIsRepo()
+         .then((actual) => {
+            assert.equals(actual, expected, 'Should be a repo');
+         });
+
+   }),
+
+   'reports true for a child directory of a real root': new Test(setUp, function (context, assert) {
+      const expected = true;
+      const git = context.gitP(context.realSubRoot);
+
+      return git.checkIsRepo()
+         .then((actual) => {
+            assert.equals(actual, expected, 'Should be a repo');
+         });
+   }),
+
+   'reports false for a non-root': new Test(setUp, function (context, assert) {
+      const expected = false;
+      const git = context.gitP(context.fakeRoot);
+
+      return git.checkIsRepo()
+         .then((actual) => {
+            assert.equals(actual, expected, 'Should be a repo');
+         });
+   }),
+};