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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Extension;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+/**
+ * Tests default configuration of the Extension system.
+ *
+ * @group Extension
+ */
+class DefaultConfigTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+ /**
+ * Tests that core.extension.yml is empty by default.
+ *
+ * The default configuration MUST NOT specify any extensions, because every
+ * extension has to be installed in a regular way.
+ *
+ * Otherwise, the regular runtime application would operate with extensions
+ * that were never installed. The default configuration of such extensions
+ * would not exist. Installation hooks would never be executed.
+ */
+ public function testConfigIsEmpty() {
+ $config = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($this->root . '/core/config/install/core.extension.yml'));
+ $expected = [
+ 'module' => [],
+ 'theme' => [],
+ 'profile' => '',
+ ];
+ $this->assertEquals($expected, $config);
+ }
+
+}