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+# Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from zuul import change_matcher as cm
+from zuul import model
+
+from tests.base import BaseTestCase
+
+
+class TestJob(BaseTestCase):
+
+    @property
+    def job(self):
+        job = model.Job('job')
+        job.skip_if_matcher = cm.MatchAll([
+            cm.ProjectMatcher('^project$'),
+            cm.MatchAllFiles([cm.FileMatcher('^docs/.*$')]),
+        ])
+        return job
+
+    def test_change_matches_returns_false_for_matched_skip_if(self):
+        change = model.Change('project')
+        change.files = ['docs/foo']
+        self.assertFalse(self.job.changeMatches(change))
+
+    def test_change_matches_returns_true_for_unmatched_skip_if(self):
+        change = model.Change('project')
+        change.files = ['foo']
+        self.assertTrue(self.job.changeMatches(change))
+
+    def test_copy_retains_skip_if(self):
+        job = model.Job('job')
+        job.copy(self.job)
+        self.assertTrue(job.skip_if_matcher)