diff --git a/test/shell/yaml-change1.sh b/test/shell/yaml-change1.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/test/shell/yaml-change1.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+#if env | grep -q -e '^TRAVIS=true$'; then
+#	# inotify doesn't seem to work properly on travis
+#	echo "Travis and Jenkins give wonky results here, skipping test!"
+#	exit
+#fi
+
+if [ -z $timeout ]; then
+	timeout='timeout'
+fi
+
+# set the config file
+cp -a yaml-change1a.yaml /tmp/mgmt/yaml-change.yaml
+$timeout --kill-after=30s 20s ./mgmt run --yaml /tmp/mgmt/yaml-change.yaml --tmp-prefix &
+pid=$!
+sleep 5s	# let it converge
+grep -q 'hello world' /tmp/mgmt/change1	# check contents are correct
+
+cp -a yaml-change1b.yaml /tmp/mgmt/yaml-change.yaml	# change the config file
+sleep 2s	# let it converge
+grep -q 'goodbye world' /tmp/mgmt/change1	# check new contents are correct
+
+cp -a yaml-change1a.yaml /tmp/mgmt/yaml-change.yaml	# change the config file
+sleep 2s	# let it converge
+grep -q 'hello world' /tmp/mgmt/change1	# check contents are correct again
+
+killall -SIGINT mgmt	# send ^C to exit mgmt
+wait $pid	# get exit status
+exit $?
diff --git a/test/shell/yaml-change1a.yaml b/test/shell/yaml-change1a.yaml
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+++ b/test/shell/yaml-change1a.yaml
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+---
+graph: mygraph
+resources:
+  file:
+  - name: file1
+    path: "/tmp/mgmt/change1"
+    content: 'hello world'
+    state: exists
+edges: []
diff --git a/test/shell/yaml-change1b.yaml b/test/shell/yaml-change1b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef896078
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+++ b/test/shell/yaml-change1b.yaml
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+---
+graph: mygraph
+resources:
+  file:
+  - name: file1
+    path: "/tmp/mgmt/change1"
+    content: 'goodbye world'
+    state: exists
+edges: []