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+var assert = require('assert');
+var exec = require('child_process').execSync;
+
+var utils = require('./_utils.js');
+var SAMPLE_REPO_LOCATION = utils.SAMPLE_REPO_LOCATION;
+
+describe('commit-msg', function () {
+  before(function () {
+    utils.setup({
+      'githook:commit-msg': 'node -e "console.log(process.argv);"'
+    });
+  });
+  after(utils.teardown);
+
+  it('should ', function () {
+    var commitResult;
+
+    exec(
+      'git add sample-file.txt',
+      { cwd: SAMPLE_REPO_LOCATION }
+    );
+
+    commitResult = exec(
+      'git commit -m "testing commit-msg"',
+      { cwd: SAMPLE_REPO_LOCATION }
+    )
+      .toString()
+      .trim();
+
+    assert.equal(commitResult, '');
+  });
+});