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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+ (c) 2017 - Copyright Red Hat Inc
+
+ Authors:
+   Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+
+
+REPO_PATH = os.path.abspath(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
+
+
+class TestAlembic(unittest.TestCase):
+    """This test class contains tests pertaining to alembic."""
+
+    def test_alembic_history(self):
+        """Enforce a linear alembic history.
+
+        This test runs the `alembic history | grep ' (head), '` command,
+        and ensure it returns only one line.
+        """
+
+        proc1 = subprocess.Popen(
+            ['alembic', 'history'],
+            cwd=REPO_PATH, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        proc2 = subprocess.Popen(
+            ['grep', ' (head), '],
+            stdin=proc1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout = proc2.communicate()[0]
+        stdout = stdout.strip().split('\n')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(stdout), 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)