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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+#    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
+#    This module copyright (C) 2015 Therp BV <http://therp.nl>.
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
+from . import test_reindex
diff --git a/document_reindex/tests/test_reindex.py b/document_reindex/tests/test_reindex.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+#    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
+#    This module copyright (C) 2015 Therp BV (<http://therp.nl>).
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
+import base64
+from openerp.tests.common import TransactionCase
+
+
+class TestReindex(TransactionCase):
+    def test_reindex(self):
+        '''test if the indexer indexes what we want to index and only that'''
+        # we do this to avoid error messages about word files in demo data
+        self.env['ir.attachment'].search([]).unlink()
+        att1 = self.env['ir.attachment'].create({
+            'name': 'helloworld1.txt',
+            'datas_fname': 'helloworld1.txt',
+            'datas': base64.b64encode('hello'),
+        })
+        att2 = self.env['ir.attachment'].create({
+            'name': 'helloworld2.txt',
+            'datas_fname': 'helloworld2.txt',
+            'datas': base64.b64encode('world'),
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(att1.file_type, 'text/plain')
+        self.assertEqual(att2.file_type, 'text/plain')
+        att1.write({'index_content': False})
+        att2.write({'index_content': 'hello'})
+        self.env['ir.attachment'].document_reindex_unindexed()
+        self.assertEqual(att1.index_content, 'hello')
+        self.assertEqual(att2.index_content, 'hello')
+        self.env['ir.attachment'].document_reindex_all()
+        self.assertEqual(att2.index_content, 'world')