@@ -1777,3 +1777,32 @@ func TestBuildAddTar(t *testing.T) {

 	}

 	logDone("build - ADD tar")

 }

+

+func TestBuildFromGIT(t *testing.T) {

+	name := "testbuildfromgit"

+	defer deleteImages(name)

+	git, err := fakeGIT("repo", map[string]string{

+		"Dockerfile": `FROM busybox

+					ADD first /first

+					RUN [ -f /first ]

+					MAINTAINER docker`,

+		"first": "test git data",

+	})

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	defer git.Close()

+

+	_, err = buildImageFromPath(name, git.RepoURL, true)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	res, err := inspectField(name, "Author")

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	if res != "docker" {

+		t.Fatal("Maintainer should be docker, got %s", res)

+	}

+	logDone("build - build from GIT")

+}

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (

 	"os"

 	"os/exec"

 	"path"

+	"path/filepath"

 	"strconv"

 	"strings"

 	"testing"

@@ -254,3 +255,93 @@ func buildImageFromContext(name string, ctx *FakeContext, useCache bool) (string

 	}

 	return getIDByName(name)

 }

+

+func buildImageFromPath(name, path string, useCache bool) (string, error) {

+	args := []string{"build", "-t", name}

+	if !useCache {

+		args = append(args, "--no-cache")

+	}

+	args = append(args, path)

+	buildCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, args...)

+	out, exitCode, err := runCommandWithOutput(buildCmd)

+	if err != nil || exitCode != 0 {

+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to build the image: %s", out)

+	}

+	return getIDByName(name)

+}

+

+type FakeGIT struct {

+	*httptest.Server

+	Root    string

+	RepoURL string

+}

+

+func (g *FakeGIT) Close() {

+	g.Server.Close()

+	os.RemoveAll(g.Root)

+}

+

+func fakeGIT(name string, files map[string]string) (*FakeGIT, error) {

+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "fake-git-repo")

+	if err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	ctx := &FakeContext{tmp}

+	for file, content := range files {

+		if err := ctx.Add(file, content); err != nil {

+			ctx.Close()

+			return nil, err

+		}

+	}

+	defer ctx.Close()

+	curdir, err := os.Getwd()

+	if err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	defer os.Chdir(curdir)

+

+	if output, err := exec.Command("git", "init", ctx.Dir).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {

+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to init repo: %s (%s)", err, output)

+	}

+	err = os.Chdir(ctx.Dir)

+	if err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	if output, err := exec.Command("git", "add", "*").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {

+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to add files to repo: %s (%s)", err, output)

+	}

+	if output, err := exec.Command("git", "commit", "-a", "-m", "Initial commit").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {

+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to commit to repo: %s (%s)", err, output)

+	}

+

+	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-test-git-repo")

+	if err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	repoPath := filepath.Join(root, name+".git")

+	if output, err := exec.Command("git", "clone", "--bare", ctx.Dir, repoPath).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {

+		os.RemoveAll(root)

+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to clone --bare: %s (%s)", err, output)

+	}

+	err = os.Chdir(repoPath)

+	if err != nil {

+		os.RemoveAll(root)

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	if output, err := exec.Command("git", "update-server-info").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {

+		os.RemoveAll(root)

+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error trying to git update-server-info: %s (%s)", err, output)

+	}

+	err = os.Chdir(curdir)

+	if err != nil {

+		os.RemoveAll(root)

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	handler := http.FileServer(http.Dir(root))

+	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)

+	return &FakeGIT{

+		Server:  server,

+		Root:    root,

+		RepoURL: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.git", server.URL, name),

+	}, nil

+}