diff --git a/tools/filetools_test.go b/tools/filetools_test.go
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+package tools_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/github/git-lfs/tools"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCleanPathsCleansPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	cleaned := tools.CleanPaths("/foo/bar/,/foo/bar/baz", ",")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/foo/bar", "/foo/bar/baz"}, cleaned)
+}
+
+func TestCleanPathsReturnsNoResultsWhenGivenNoPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	cleaned := tools.CleanPaths("", ",")
+
+	assert.Empty(t, cleaned)
+}
+
+func TestCleanPathsDefaultReturnsInputWhenResultsPresent(t *testing.T) {
+	cleaned := tools.CleanPathsDefault("/foo/bar/", ",", []string{"/default"})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/foo/bar"}, cleaned)
+}
+
+func TestCleanPathsDefaultReturnsDefaultWhenResultsAbsent(t *testing.T) {
+	cleaned := tools.CleanPathsDefault("", ",", []string{"/default"})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/default"}, cleaned)
+}