2 files changed, 13 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 136c64726f..521593ea80 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
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
@@ -240,4 +241,10 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 		FileUtils.delete(path);
 	}
 
+	public static Path writeLink(Repository db, String link,
+			String target) throws Exception {
+		return FileUtils.createSymLink(new File(db.getWorkTree(), link),
+				target);
+	}
+
 }
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 ac4539a848..28c61778c7 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
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
@@ -107,6 +108,11 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		return JGitTestUtil.writeTrashFile(db, name, data);
 	}
 
+	protected Path writeLink(final String link, final String target)
+			throws Exception {
+		return JGitTestUtil.writeLink(db, link, target);
+	}
+
 	protected File writeTrashFile(final String subdir, final String name,
 			final String data)
 			throws IOException {