diff --git a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
index dcaf3fe..8251c41 100644
--- a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
+++ b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package Gitolite::Test;
   try
   put
   text
+  dump
 );
 #>>>
 use Exporter 'import';
@@ -43,4 +44,11 @@ try "
     gitolite setup -a admin
 " or die "could not setup the test environment; errors:\n\n" . text() . "\n\n";
 
+sub dump {
+    use Data::Dumper;
+    for my $i (@_) {
+        print STDERR "DBG: " . Dumper($i);
+    }
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/t/m-explode.t b/t/m-explode.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aef337f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/m-explode.t
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use 5.10.0;
+
+use Test;
+BEGIN { plan tests =>
+    2
+}
+
+use lib "$ENV{PWD}/src";
+use Gitolite::Test;
+use Gitolite::Conf::Explode;
+
+my @out;
+my @out2;
+
+warn "
+        <<< expect a couple of warnings about already included files >>>
+";
+
+# test 1 -- space normalisation
+
+    put "foo", "
+        foo line 1          
+                                foo=line 2
+
+
+        foo      3
+    ";
+    @out = ();
+    explode("foo", 'master', \@out);
+    @out2 = (
+        'foo line 1',
+        'foo = line 2',
+        'foo 3',
+    );
+
+    ok(@out ~~ @out2);
+
+# test 2 -- include/subconf processing
+
+    put "foo", "
+        foo line 1
+        \@fog=line 2
+            include                         \"bar.conf\"
+
+        foo line=5
+            subconf \"subs/baz.conf\"
+            include                         \"bar.conf\"
+        foo line=7
+            include \"bazup.conf\"
+    ";
+
+    put "bar.conf", "
+        \@brg=line 1
+
+        bar line 3
+    ";
+
+    mkdir("subs");
+
+    put "subs/baz.conf", "
+        \@bzg         =           line 1
+
+            include \"subs/baz2.conf\"
+
+        baz=line 3
+    ";
+
+    put "subs/baz2.conf", "
+        baz2 line 1
+        baz2 line 2
+            include \"bazup.conf\"
+        baz2 line 4
+    ";
+
+    put "bazup.conf", "
+        whatever...
+    ";
+
+    @out = ();
+    explode("foo", 'master', \@out);
+
+    @out2 = (
+        'foo line 1',
+        '@fog = line 2',
+        '@brg = line 1',
+        'bar line 3',
+        'foo line = 5',
+        'subconf baz',
+        '@baz.bzg = line 1',
+        'baz2 line 1',
+        'baz2 line 2',
+        'whatever...',
+        'baz2 line 4',
+        'baz = line 3',
+        'subconf master',
+        'foo line = 7'
+    );
+
+    ok(@out ~~ @out2);