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+TitleBar = require '../src/title-bar'
+TitleBarElement = require '../src/title-bar-element'
+
+describe "TitleBarElement", ->
+  beforeEach ->
+    atom.views.addViewProvider TitleBar, (model, env) ->
+      new TitleBarElement().initialize(model, env)
+
+  it 'updates the title based on document.title', ->
+    titleBar = new TitleBar({item: new TitleBarElement})
+    element = atom.views.getView(titleBar)
+
+    expect(element.querySelector('.title').textContent).toBe document.title
+
+    document.title = 'new-title'
+    element.updateTitle()
+
+    console.log element.querySelector('.title').textContent
+    expect(element.querySelector('.title').textContent).toBe 'new-title'