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diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index f9904066fe..8d59b90348 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1628,3 +1628,36 @@ test_path_is_hidden () {
 	case "$("$SYSTEMROOT"/system32/attrib "$1")" in *H*?:*) return 0;; esac
 	return 1
 }
+
+# Check that the given command was invoked as part of the
+# trace2-format trace on stdin.
+#
+#	test_subcommand [!] <command> <args>... < <trace>
+#
+# For example, to look for an invocation of "git upload-pack
+# /path/to/repo"
+#
+#	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT=event.log git fetch ... &&
+#	test_subcommand git upload-pack "$PATH" <event.log
+#
+# If the first parameter passed is !, this instead checks that
+# the given command was not called.
+#
+test_subcommand () {
+	local negate=
+	if test "$1" = "!"
+	then
+		negate=t
+		shift
+	fi
+
+	local expr=$(printf '"%s",' "$@")
+	expr="${expr%,}"
+
+	if test -n "$negate"
+	then
+		! grep "\[$expr\]"
+	else
+		grep "\[$expr\]"
+	fi
+}