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+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package target_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/kusttest"
+)
+
+// Here's a composite kustomization, that combines multiple overlays
+// (replicas, dns and metadata) which patch the same base resource.
+//
+// The base resource is a deployment and the overlays patch aspects
+// of it, without using any of the `namePrefix`, `nameSuffix` or `namespace`
+// kustomization keywords.
+//
+//            composite
+//          /     |     \
+//       probe   dns  restart
+//          \     |     /
+//              base
+//
+func writeDiamondCompositionBase(th *kusttest_test.KustTestHarness) {
+	th.WriteK("/app/base", `
+resources:
+- deployment.yaml
+`)
+
+	th.WriteF("/app/base/deployment.yaml", `
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: my-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: my-deployment
+        image: my-image
+`)
+}
+
+func writeProbeOverlay(th *kusttest_test.KustTestHarness) {
+	th.WriteK("/app/probe", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+- dep-patch.yaml
+`)
+
+	th.WriteF("/app/probe/dep-patch.yaml", `
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: my-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: my-deployment
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 8080
+`)
+}
+
+func writeDNSOverlay(th *kusttest_test.KustTestHarness) {
+	th.WriteK("/app/dns", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+- dep-patch.yaml
+`)
+
+	th.WriteF("/app/dns/dep-patch.yaml", `
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: my-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+`)
+}
+
+func writeRestartOverlay(th *kusttest_test.KustTestHarness) {
+	th.WriteK("/app/restart", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+- dep-patch.yaml
+`)
+
+	th.WriteF("/app/restart/dep-patch.yaml", `
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: my-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Always
+`)
+}
+
+func writeComposite(th *kusttest_test.KustTestHarness) {
+	th.WriteK("/app/composite", `
+resources:
+- ../probe
+- ../dns
+- ../restart
+`)
+}
+
+func TestCompositeDiamond(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.NewKustTestHarness(t, "/app/composite")
+	writeDiamondCompositionBase(th)
+	writeProbeOverlay(th)
+	writeDNSOverlay(th)
+	writeRestartOverlay(th)
+	writeComposite(th)
+
+	_, err := th.MakeKustTarget().MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected resource accumulation error")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(
+		err.Error(), "already registered id: extensions_v1beta1_Deployment|~X|my-deployment") {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Expected output
+//
+// apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+// kind: Deployment
+// metadata:
+//   name: my-deployment
+// spec:
+//   template:
+//     spec:
+//       containers:
+//       - image: my-image
+//         livenessProbe:
+//           httpGet:
+//             path: /healthz
+//             port: 8080
+//         name: my-deployment
+//       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+//       restartPolicy: Always