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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Test that merge state is as expected after failed merge"
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'Ensure we restore original state if no merge strategy handles it' '
+	test_commit --no-tag "Initial" base base &&
+
+	for b in branch1 branch2 branch3
+	do
+		git checkout -b $b main &&
+		test_commit --no-tag "Change on $b" base $b || return 1
+	done &&
+
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	# This is a merge that octopus cannot handle.  Note, that it does not
+	# just hit conflicts, it completely fails and says that it cannot
+	# handle this type of merge.
+	test_expect_code 2 git merge branch2 branch3 >output 2>&1 &&
+	grep "fatal: merge program failed" output &&
+	grep "Should not be doing an octopus" output &&
+
+	# Make sure we did not leave stray changes around when no appropriate
+	# merge strategy was found
+	git diff --exit-code --name-status &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/MERGE_HEAD
+'
+
+test_done