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+'use babel'
+
+const path = require('path')
+const temp = require('temp')
+
+const GitRepositoryAsync = require('../src/git-repository-async')
+
+const openFixture = (fixture) => {
+  GitRepositoryAsync.open(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'git', fixture))
+}
+
+
+fdescribe('GitRepositoryAsync', () => {
+  describe('@open(path)', () => {
+    it('repo is null when no repository is found', () => {
+      let repo = GitRepositoryAsync.open(path.join(temp.dir, 'nogit.txt'))
+
+      waitsForPromise({shouldReject: true}, () => {
+        return repo.repoPromise
+      })
+
+      runs(() => {
+        expect(repo.repo).toBe(null)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('.getPath()', () => {
+    it('returns the repository path for a repository path', () => {
+      let repo = openFixture('master.git')
+      let onSuccess = jasmine.createSpy('onSuccess')
+      waitsForPromise(repo.getPath().then(onSuccess))
+
+      runs(() => {
+        expect(onSuccess.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(
+          path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'git', 'master.git')
+        )
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})