--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test-hgwebdir-gc.py	Tue Jul 20 17:20:19 2021 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import os
+from mercurial.hgweb import hgwebdir_mod
+
+hgwebdir = hgwebdir_mod.hgwebdir
+
+os.mkdir(b'webdir')
+os.chdir(b'webdir')
+
+webdir = os.path.realpath(b'.')
+
+
+def trivial_response(req, res):
+    return []
+
+
+def make_hgwebdir(gc_rate=None):
+    config = os.path.join(webdir, b'hgwebdir.conf')
+    with open(config, 'wb') as configfile:
+        configfile.write(b'[experimental]\n')
+        if gc_rate is not None:
+            configfile.write(b'web.full-garbage-collection-rate=%d\n' % gc_rate)
+    hg_wd = hgwebdir(config)
+    hg_wd._runwsgi = trivial_response
+    return hg_wd
+
+
+def process_requests(webdir_instance, number):
+    # we don't care for now about passing realistic arguments
+    for _ in range(number):
+        for chunk in webdir_instance.run_wsgi(None, None):
+            pass
+
+
+without_gc = make_hgwebdir(gc_rate=0)
+process_requests(without_gc, 5)
+assert without_gc.requests_count == 5
+assert without_gc.gc_full_collections_done == 0
+
+with_gc = make_hgwebdir(gc_rate=2)
+process_requests(with_gc, 5)
+assert with_gc.requests_count == 5
+assert with_gc.gc_full_collections_done == 2
+
+with_systematic_gc = make_hgwebdir()  # default value of the setting
+process_requests(with_systematic_gc, 3)
+assert with_systematic_gc.requests_count == 3
+assert with_systematic_gc.gc_full_collections_done == 3