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+// REQUIRES: shell
+
+// RUN: rm -rf %t
+// RUN: mkdir -p %t/dir1/dir2
+// RUN: echo 'class A { A(int); };' > %t/dir1/header.h
+// RUN: ln -s %t/dir1/header.h %t/dir1/header_alias.h
+//
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='dir1/dir2/\.\./header_alias\.h' %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER_ALIAS %s
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='dir1/dir2/\.\./header_alias\.h' -quiet %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER_ALIAS %s
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='header_alias\.h' %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER_ALIAS %s
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='header_alias\.h' -quiet %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER_ALIAS %s
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='header\.h' %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER %s
+// RUN: clang-tidy -checks='-*,google-explicit-constructor' -header-filter='header\.h' -quiet %s -- -I %t 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_HEADER %s
+
+// Check that `-header-filter` operates on the same file paths as paths in
+// diagnostics printed by ClangTidy.
+#include "dir1/dir2/../header_alias.h"
+// CHECK_HEADER_ALIAS: dir1/dir2/../header_alias.h:1:11: warning: single-argument constructors
+// CHECK_HEADER-NOT: warning: