HDFFV-9984 Add test files

26 files changed, 1554 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8a320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-base.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+      DATATYPE "extlink_datatype" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+      DATASET "extlink_dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2200
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "extlink_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f215d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-merge.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /group_ext     
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_datatype
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_dset
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_grp
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_notyet1
+    x      x    /group_ext/extlink_notyet2
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group_ext> and </group_ext>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_datatype> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_datatype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_dset> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_dset> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group_ext/extlink_grp> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group_ext/extlink_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+external link: </group_ext/extlink_notyet1> and </group_ext/extlink_notyet1>
+0 differences found
+external link: </group_ext/extlink_notyet2> and </group_ext/extlink_notyet2>
+0 differences found
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8a320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-mergeprune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+      DATATYPE "extlink_datatype" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+      DATASET "extlink_dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2200
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "extlink_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d7bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+HDF5 "out-h5copy_extlinks_src-prune.h5copy_extlinks_src.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "group_ext" {
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5 b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b8621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_src.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5 b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0242d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/h5copy_extlinks_trg.h5
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87a17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-base.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-base.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "extlink1" {
+      TARGETFILE "filename"
+      TARGETPATH "objname"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "extlink2" {
+      TARGETFILE "anotherfile"
+      TARGETPATH "anotherobj"
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ff71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-merge.textlink.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /extlink1      
+    x      x    /extlink2      
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+external link: </extlink1> and </extlink1>
+0 differences found
+external link: </extlink2> and </extlink2>
+0 differences found
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7206ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-mergeprune.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83db344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlink-prune.textlink.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlink-prune.textlink.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5eb497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-base.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "src_file" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/"
+         GROUP "/" {
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                  DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 32
+                        OFFSET 2848
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "group"
+                  GROUP "group" {
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3136
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/"
+                           GROUP "/" {
+                              HARDLINK "/"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                     }
+                     GROUP "subgroup" {
+                        GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                           HARDLINK "/group"
+                        }
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "dset"
+                  DATASET "dset" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 24
+                        OFFSET 3160
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "type"
+                  DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                  GROUP "empty_group" {
+                  }
+            }
+         }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6673d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-merge.textlinkfar.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /src_file      
+           x    /src_file/ext2soft_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext2softdangle_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext_link1
+           x    /src_file/ext_link2
+           x    /src_file/ext_link3
+           x    /src_file/ext_link4
+           x    /src_file/ext_link5
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </src_file> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </src_file> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ba3308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-mergeprune.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   GROUP "src_file" {
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+            DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+               DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+               DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+               STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                  CONTIGUOUS
+                  SIZE 32
+                  OFFSET 2848
+               }
+               FILTERS {
+                  NONE
+               }
+               FILLVALUE {
+                  FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                  VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+               }
+               ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                  H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "group"
+            GROUP "group" {
+               DATASET "dset" {
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                  STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                     CONTIGUOUS
+                     SIZE 24
+                     OFFSET 3136
+                  }
+                  FILTERS {
+                     NONE
+                  }
+                  FILLVALUE {
+                     FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                     VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                  }
+                  ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                     H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                  }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/"
+                     GROUP "/" {
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                              DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "group"
+                              GROUP "group" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/group"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "dset"
+                              DATASET "dset" {
+                                 DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                                 DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                                 STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                    CONTIGUOUS
+                                    SIZE 24
+                                    OFFSET 3160
+                                 }
+                                 FILTERS {
+                                    NONE
+                                 }
+                                 FILLVALUE {
+                                    FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                    VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                                 }
+                                 ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                                 }
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "type"
+                              DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                              GROUP "empty_group" {
+                              }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+               }
+               GROUP "subgroup" {
+                  GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                     HARDLINK "/group"
+                  }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "dset"
+            DATASET "dset" {
+               HARDLINK "/dset"
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "type"
+            DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+            GROUP "empty_group" {
+               HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+            }
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f8f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinkfar-prune.textlinkfar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a9a9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-base.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+         DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+            DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+            DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+            STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+               CONTIGUOUS
+               SIZE 32
+               OFFSET 2848
+            }
+            FILTERS {
+               NONE
+            }
+            FILLVALUE {
+               FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+               VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+            }
+            ALLOCATION_TIME {
+               H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+            }
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "group"
+         GROUP "group" {
+            DATASET "dset" {
+               DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+               DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+               STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                  CONTIGUOUS
+                  SIZE 24
+                  OFFSET 3136
+               }
+               FILTERS {
+                  NONE
+               }
+               FILLVALUE {
+                  FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                  VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+               }
+               ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                  H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+               }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/"
+                  GROUP "/" {
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                           DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                              HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "group"
+                           GROUP "group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "dset"
+                           DATASET "dset" {
+                              DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                              DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                              STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                 CONTIGUOUS
+                                 SIZE 24
+                                 OFFSET 3160
+                              }
+                              FILTERS {
+                                 NONE
+                              }
+                              FILLVALUE {
+                                 FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                 VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                              }
+                              ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                 H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                              }
+                           }
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "type"
+                           DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                     }
+                     EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                        TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                        TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                           GROUP "empty_group" {
+                           }
+                     }
+                  }
+            }
+            EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+               TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+               TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+            }
+            GROUP "subgroup" {
+               GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                  HARDLINK "/group"
+               }
+            }
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "dset"
+         DATASET "dset" {
+            HARDLINK "/dset"
+         }
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "type"
+         DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+   }
+   EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+      TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+      TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+         GROUP "empty_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+         }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a5902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-merge.textlinksrc.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /ext2soft_link1
+    x      x    /ext2softdangle_link1
+    x      x    /ext_link1     
+           x    /ext_link1/dset
+           x    /ext_link1/elink_t1
+           x    /ext_link1/elink_t2
+           x    /ext_link1/subgroup
+           x    /ext_link1/subgroup/link_to_group
+    x      x    /ext_link2     
+    x      x    /ext_link3     
+    x      x    /ext_link4     
+    x      x    /ext_link5     
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext2soft_link1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext2soft_link1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+external link: </ext2softdangle_link1> and </ext2softdangle_link1>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext_link1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+Not comparable: </ext_link2> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link2> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </ext_link3> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link3> is of type H5G_TYPE
+external link: </ext_link4> and </ext_link4>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </ext_link5> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </ext_link5> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b3c740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-mergeprune.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "ext2soft_link1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "ext_link1" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2080
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/"
+            GROUP "/" {
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                     DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 32
+                           OFFSET 2848
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group"
+                     GROUP "group" {
+                        DATASET "dset" {
+                           DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                           DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                           STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                              CONTIGUOUS
+                              SIZE 24
+                              OFFSET 3136
+                           }
+                           FILTERS {
+                              NONE
+                           }
+                           FILLVALUE {
+                              FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                              VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                           }
+                           ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                              H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                           }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/"
+                              GROUP "/" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                        }
+                        GROUP "subgroup" {
+                           GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "dset"
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3160
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "type"
+                     DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                     GROUP "empty_group" {
+                     }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/ext_link1"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "ext_link2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2104
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "ext_link3" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+   GROUP "ext_link5" {
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d35ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinksrc-prune.textlinksrc.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f02ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-base.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/"
+            GROUP "/" {
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                     DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 32
+                           OFFSET 2848
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group"
+                     GROUP "group" {
+                        DATASET "dset" {
+                           DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                           DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                           STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                              CONTIGUOUS
+                              SIZE 24
+                              OFFSET 3136
+                           }
+                           FILTERS {
+                              NONE
+                           }
+                           FILLVALUE {
+                              FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                              VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                           }
+                           ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                              H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                           }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/"
+                              GROUP "/" {
+                                 HARDLINK "/"
+                              }
+                        }
+                        EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                           TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                           TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                        }
+                        GROUP "subgroup" {
+                           GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                              HARDLINK "/group"
+                           }
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "dset"
+                     DATASET "dset" {
+                        DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                        DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                        STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                           CONTIGUOUS
+                           SIZE 24
+                           OFFSET 3160
+                        }
+                        FILTERS {
+                           NONE
+                        }
+                        FILLVALUE {
+                           FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                           VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                        }
+                        ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                           H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                        }
+                     }
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "type"
+                     DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+               }
+               EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                  TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                  TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                     GROUP "empty_group" {
+                     }
+               }
+            }
+      }
+      EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+         TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+         TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf4f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-merge.textlinktar.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /dset          
+    x      x    /empty_group   
+    x      x    /group         
+    x      x    /group/dset    
+    x      x    /group/elink_t1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext2soft_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext2softdangle_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link1
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link2
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link3
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link4
+           x    /group/elink_t1/ext_link5
+    x      x    /group/elink_t2
+    x      x    /group/subgroup
+    x      x    /group/subgroup/link_to_group
+    x      x    /type          
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset> and </dset>
+0 differences found
+group  : </empty_group> and </empty_group>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group> and </group>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </group/dset> and </group/dset>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group/elink_t1> is of type H5G_UDLINK and </group/elink_t1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+external link: </group/elink_t2> and </group/elink_t2>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group/subgroup> and </group/subgroup>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group/subgroup/link_to_group> and </group/subgroup/link_to_group>
+0 differences found
+datatype: </type> and </type>
+0 differences found
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c52e34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-mergeprune.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "elink_t1" {
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+               DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                  DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+                  DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+                  STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                     CONTIGUOUS
+                     SIZE 32
+                     OFFSET 2848
+                  }
+                  FILTERS {
+                     NONE
+                  }
+                  FILLVALUE {
+                     FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                     VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                  }
+                  ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                     H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                  }
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "group"
+               GROUP "group" {
+                  DATASET "dset" {
+                     DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                     DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                     STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                        CONTIGUOUS
+                        SIZE 24
+                        OFFSET 3136
+                     }
+                     FILTERS {
+                        NONE
+                     }
+                     FILLVALUE {
+                        FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                        VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                     }
+                     ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                        H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                     }
+                  }
+                  EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t1" {
+                     TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                     TARGETPATH "/"
+                        GROUP "/" {
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2soft_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "/soft_dset1"
+                                 DATASET "/soft_dset1" {
+                                    HARDLINK "/dset1"
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext2softdangle_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "tsoftlinks.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "/soft_dangle"
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link1" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "group"
+                                 GROUP "group" {
+                                    HARDLINK "/group"
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "dset"
+                                 DATASET "dset" {
+                                    DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+                                    DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+                                    STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+                                       CONTIGUOUS
+                                       SIZE 24
+                                       OFFSET 3160
+                                    }
+                                    FILTERS {
+                                       NONE
+                                    }
+                                    FILLVALUE {
+                                       FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+                                       VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+                                    }
+                                    ALLOCATION_TIME {
+                                       H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+                                    }
+                                 }
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "type"
+                                 DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+                           }
+                           EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+                              TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+                              TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+                                 GROUP "empty_group" {
+                                 }
+                           }
+                        }
+                  }
+                  EXTERNAL_LINK "elink_t2" {
+                     TARGETFILE "textlinksrc.h5"
+                     TARGETPATH "/ext_link4"
+                  }
+                  GROUP "subgroup" {
+                     GROUP "link_to_group" {
+                        HARDLINK "/group"
+                     }
+                  }
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link2" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "dset"
+               DATASET "dset" {
+                  HARDLINK "/dset"
+               }
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link3" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "type"
+               DATATYPE "type" HARDLINK "/type"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link4" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "group/elink_t2"
+         }
+         EXTERNAL_LINK "ext_link5" {
+            TARGETFILE "textlinktar.h5"
+            TARGETPATH "empty_group"
+               GROUP "empty_group" {
+                  HARDLINK "/empty_group"
+               }
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6787784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+HDF5 "out-textlinktar-prune.textlinktar.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 24
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "empty_group" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group" {
+      DATASET "dset" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 6 ) / ( 6 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 24
+            OFFSET 2072
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      GROUP "subgroup" {
+         GROUP "link_to_group" {
+            HARDLINK "/group"
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "type" H5T_STD_I32LE;
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cd32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-base.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+         LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset2" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset2"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+         LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+      LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+      LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+      LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+      LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+   }
+   SOFTLINK "soft_group1" {
+      LINKTARGET "/group1"
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27c33d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-merge.tsoftlinks.h5.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+file1     file2
+---------------------------------------
+    x      x    /              
+    x      x    /dset1         
+    x      x    /dset2         
+    x      x    /dtype         
+    x      x    /group1        
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dangle
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dset1
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dset2
+    x      x    /group1/soft_dtype
+    x      x    /group1/soft_empty_grp
+    x      x    /group_empty   
+    x      x    /soft_dangle   
+    x      x    /soft_dset1    
+    x      x    /soft_dtype    
+    x      x    /soft_empty_grp
+    x      x    /soft_group1   
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dangle
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dset1
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dset2
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_dtype
+           x    /soft_group1/soft_empty_grp
+
+group  : </> and </>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset1> and </dset1>
+0 differences found
+dataset: </dset2> and </dset2>
+0 differences found
+datatype: </dtype> and </dtype>
+0 differences found
+group  : </group1> and </group1>
+0 differences found
+link   : </group1/soft_dangle> and </group1/soft_dangle>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dset1> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dset1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dset2> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dset2> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_dtype> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_dtype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </group1/soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_LINK and </group1/soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+group  : </group_empty> and </group_empty>
+0 differences found
+link   : </soft_dangle> and </soft_dangle>
+0 differences found
+Not comparable: </soft_dset1> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_dset1> is of type H5G_DATASET
+Not comparable: </soft_dtype> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_dtype> is of type H5G_TYPE
+Not comparable: </soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_empty_grp> is of type H5G_GROUP
+Not comparable: </soft_group1> is of type H5G_LINK and </soft_group1> is of type H5G_GROUP
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects without details of differences.
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4e12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-mergeprune.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+      DATASET "soft_dset1" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 32
+            OFFSET 2112
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      DATASET "soft_dset2" {
+         DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+         DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+         STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+            CONTIGUOUS
+            SIZE 32
+            OFFSET 2144
+         }
+         FILTERS {
+            NONE
+         }
+         FILLVALUE {
+            FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+            VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+         }
+         ALLOCATION_TIME {
+            H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+         }
+      }
+      DATATYPE "soft_dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+      GROUP "soft_empty_grp" {
+      }
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+   DATASET "soft_dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2176
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "soft_dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "soft_empty_grp" {
+   }
+   GROUP "soft_group1" {
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dangle" {
+         LINKTARGET "not_yet"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset1" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset1"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dset2" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dset2"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_dtype" {
+         LINKTARGET "/dtype"
+      }
+      SOFTLINK "soft_empty_grp" {
+         LINKTARGET "/group_empty"
+      }
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de58ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testfiles/tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+HDF5 "out-tsoftlinks-prune.tsoftlinks.h5" {
+GROUP "/" {
+   DATASET "dset1" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2048
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATASET "dset2" {
+      DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32BE
+      DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 4, 2 ) / ( 4, 2 ) }
+      STORAGE_LAYOUT {
+         CONTIGUOUS
+         SIZE 32
+         OFFSET 2080
+      }
+      FILTERS {
+         NONE
+      }
+      FILLVALUE {
+         FILL_TIME H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET
+         VALUE  H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT
+      }
+      ALLOCATION_TIME {
+         H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE
+      }
+   }
+   DATATYPE "dtype" H5T_STD_I32BE;
+   GROUP "group1" {
+   }
+   GROUP "group_empty" {
+   }
+}
+}