2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/JGitTestUtil.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/JGitTestUtil.java
index 1079d98439..136c64726f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/JGitTestUtil.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/JGitTestUtil.java
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 		return read(file);
 	}
 
+	public static boolean check(final Repository db, final String name) {
+		File file = new File(db.getWorkTree(), name);
+		return file.exists();
+	}
+
 	public static void deleteTrashFile(final Repository db,
 			final String name) throws IOException {
 		File path = new File(db.getWorkTree(), name);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
index c1e0a2dcf3..bc225cc017 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		return JGitTestUtil.read(db, name);
 	}
 
+	protected boolean check(final String name) {
+		return JGitTestUtil.check(db, name);
+	}
+
 	protected void deleteTrashFile(final String name) throws IOException {
 		JGitTestUtil.deleteTrashFile(db, name);
 	}