diff --git a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
index 4c57c68c258..f09dd28967d 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
     - { role: test_fetch, tags: test_fetch }
     - { role: test_synchronize, tags: test_synchronize }
     - { role: test_subversion, tags: test_subversion }
+    - { role: test_git, tags: test_git }
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/meta/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1050c23ce30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies: 
+  - prepare_tests
+
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7072d1ab52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# test code for the git module
+# (c) 2014, James Tanner <tanner.jc@gmail.com>
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+- name: set where to extract the repo
+  set_fact: checkout_dir={{ output_dir }}/git
+
+- name: set what repo to use
+  set_fact: repo=https://github.com/jimi-c/test_role
+
+- name: clean out the output_dir
+  shell: rm -rf {{ output_dir }}/*
+
+- name: verify that git is installed so this test can continue
+  shell: which git
+
+- name: initial checkout
+  git: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: git_result
+
+- debug: var=git_result
+
+- shell: ls ~/ansible_testing/git
+
+- name: verify information about the initial clone
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'before' in git_result"
+      - "'after' in git_result"
+      - "not git_result.before"
+      - "git_result.changed"      
+
+- name: repeated checkout
+  git: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: git_result2
+
+- debug: var=git_result2
+
+- name: check for tags
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.git/refs/tags
+  register: tags
+
+- name: check for HEAD
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.git/HEAD
+  register: head
+
+- name: check for remotes
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.git/branches
+  register: branches
+
+- name: assert presense of tags/trunk/branches
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "tags.stat.isdir"
+      - "head.stat.isreg"
+      - "branches.stat.isdir"
+
+- name: verify on a reclone things are marked unchanged
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "not git_result2.changed"
+
+
+
+