diff --git a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_tasks.py b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_tasks.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import datetime
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from swh.loader.git.tasks import (
+    UpdateGitRepository, LoadDiskGitRepository,
+    UncompressAndLoadDiskGitRepository
+)
+
+
+class TestTasks(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_check_task_name(self):
+        task = UpdateGitRepository()
+        self.assertEqual(task.task_queue, 'swh_loader_git')
+
+    @patch('swh.loader.git.updater.BulkUpdater.load')
+    def test_task(self, mock_loader):
+        mock_loader.return_value = {'status': 'eventful'}
+        task = UpdateGitRepository()
+
+        # given
+        actual_result = task.run_task('origin_url')
+
+        self.assertEqual(actual_result, {'status': 'eventful'})
+
+        mock_loader.assert_called_once_with('origin_url', base_url=None)
+
+
+class TestTasks2(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_check_task_name(self):
+        task = LoadDiskGitRepository()
+        self.assertEqual(task.task_queue, 'swh_loader_git_express')
+
+    @patch('swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoader.load')
+    def test_task(self, mock_loader):
+        mock_loader.return_value = {'status': 'uneventful'}
+        task = LoadDiskGitRepository()
+
+        # given
+        actual_result = task.run_task('origin_url2', '/some/repo',
+                                      '2018-12-10 00:00')
+
+        self.assertEqual(actual_result, {'status': 'uneventful'})
+
+        mock_loader.assert_called_once_with(
+            'origin_url2', '/some/repo', datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 10, 0, 0))
+
+
+class TestTasks3(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_check_task_name(self):
+        task = UncompressAndLoadDiskGitRepository()
+        self.assertEqual(task.task_queue, 'swh_loader_git_archive')
+
+    @patch('swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoaderFromArchive.load')
+    def test_task(self, mock_loader):
+        mock_loader.return_value = {'status': 'failed'}
+        task = UncompressAndLoadDiskGitRepository()
+
+        # given
+        actual_result = task.run_task('origin_url3', '/path/repo',
+                                      '2017-01-10 00:00')
+
+        self.assertEqual(actual_result, {'status': 'failed'})
+
+        mock_loader.assert_called_once_with(
+            'origin_url3', '/path/repo', datetime.datetime(2017, 1, 10, 0, 0))