diff --git a/tests/real_world/.gitignore b/tests/real_world/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4217392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/real_world/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*
+!.gitignore
+!clone.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/real_world/clone.sh b/tests/real_world/clone.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..15403a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/real_world/clone.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# It's like git submodules without the git submodules part.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+ensure_cloned() {
+    if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
+        git clone "$1" "$SCRIPT_DIR/$2"
+    fi
+
+    (cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/$2" && git checkout "$3")
+}
+
+ensure_cloned "https://github.com/tsoding/noed.git" "tsoding_noed" "1c2bd182139080a8448a59589e8d457a7019d553"