diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index 1e0044b69f..054161ae21 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
 # or
 # % git clone bzr::lp:myrepo
 #
-# If you want to specify which branches you want track (per repo):
-# git config remote-bzr.branches 'trunk, devel, test'
+# If you want to specify which branches you want to track (per repo):
+# % git config remote.origin.bzr-branches 'trunk, devel, test'
+#
+# Where 'origin' is the name of the repository you want to specify the
+# branches.
 #
 
 import sys
@@ -168,17 +171,16 @@ class Parser:
         if not m:
             return None
         _, name, email, date, tz = m.groups()
+        name = name.decode('utf-8')
         committer = '%s <%s>' % (name, email)
         tz = int(tz)
         tz = ((tz / 100) * 3600) + ((tz % 100) * 60)
         return (committer, int(date), tz)
 
 def rev_to_mark(rev):
-    global marks
     return marks.from_rev(rev)
 
 def mark_to_rev(mark):
-    global marks
     return marks.to_rev(mark)
 
 def fixup_user(user):
@@ -233,8 +235,6 @@ def get_filechanges(cur, prev):
     return modified, removed
 
 def export_files(tree, files):
-    global marks, filenodes
-
     final = []
     for path, fid in files.iteritems():
         kind = tree.kind(fid)
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ def export_files(tree, files):
     return final
 
 def export_branch(repo, name):
-    global prefix
-
     ref = '%s/heads/%s' % (prefix, name)
     tip = marks.get_tip(name)
 
@@ -378,16 +376,12 @@ def export_branch(repo, name):
     marks.set_tip(name, revid)
 
 def export_tag(repo, name):
-    global tags, prefix
-
     ref = '%s/tags/%s' % (prefix, name)
     print "reset %s" % ref
     print "from :%u" % rev_to_mark(tags[name])
     print
 
 def do_import(parser):
-    global dirname
-
     repo = parser.repo
     path = os.path.join(dirname, 'marks-git')
 
@@ -413,8 +407,6 @@ def do_import(parser):
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
 def parse_blob(parser):
-    global blob_marks
-
     parser.next()
     mark = parser.get_mark()
     parser.next()
@@ -425,8 +417,6 @@ def parse_blob(parser):
 class CustomTree():
 
     def __init__(self, branch, revid, parents, files):
-        global files_cache
-
         self.updates = {}
         self.branch = branch
 
@@ -484,7 +474,7 @@ class CustomTree():
             add_entry(fid, dirname, 'directory')
             return fid
 
-        def add_entry(fid, path, kind, mode = None):
+        def add_entry(fid, path, kind, mode=None):
             dirname, basename = os.path.split(path)
             parent_fid = get_parent(dirname, basename)
 
@@ -505,7 +495,7 @@ class CustomTree():
             self.files[path] = [change[0], None]
             changes.append(change)
 
-        def update_entry(fid, path, kind, mode = None):
+        def update_entry(fid, path, kind, mode=None):
             dirname, basename = os.path.split(path)
             parent_fid = get_parent(dirname, basename)
 
@@ -583,9 +573,6 @@ def c_style_unescape(string):
     return string
 
 def parse_commit(parser):
-    global marks, blob_marks, parsed_refs
-    global mode
-
     parents = []
 
     ref = parser[1]
@@ -657,8 +644,6 @@ def parse_commit(parser):
     marks.new_mark(revid, commit_mark)
 
 def parse_reset(parser):
-    global parsed_refs
-
     ref = parser[1]
     parser.next()
 
@@ -674,8 +659,6 @@ def parse_reset(parser):
     parsed_refs[ref] = mark_to_rev(from_mark)
 
 def do_export(parser):
-    global parsed_refs, dirname, transports
-
     parser.next()
 
     for line in parser.each_block('done'):
@@ -725,8 +708,6 @@ def do_export(parser):
     print
 
 def do_capabilities(parser):
-    global dirname
-
     print "import"
     print "export"
     print "refspec refs/heads/*:%s/heads/*" % prefix
@@ -744,8 +725,6 @@ def ref_is_valid(name):
     return not True in [c in name for c in '~^: \\']
 
 def do_list(parser):
-    global tags
-
     master_branch = None
 
     for name in branches:
@@ -770,7 +749,6 @@ def do_list(parser):
     print
 
 def clone(path, remote_branch):
-    global transports
     try:
         bdir = bzrlib.bzrdir.BzrDir.create(path, possible_transports=transports)
     except bzrlib.errors.AlreadyControlDirError:
@@ -780,8 +758,6 @@ def clone(path, remote_branch):
     return remote_branch.sprout(bdir, repository=repo)
 
 def get_remote_branch(name):
-    global dirname, branches, transports
-
     remote_branch = bzrlib.branch.Branch.open(branches[name],
                                               possible_transports=transports)
     if isinstance(remote_branch.user_transport, bzrlib.transport.local.LocalTransport):
@@ -825,8 +801,6 @@ def find_branches(repo):
             yield name, branch.base
 
 def get_repo(url, alias):
-    global dirname, peer, branches, transports
-
     normal_url = bzrlib.urlutils.normalize_url(url)
     origin = bzrlib.bzrdir.BzrDir.open(url, possible_transports=transports)
     is_local = isinstance(origin.transport, bzrlib.transport.local.LocalTransport)
@@ -858,9 +832,13 @@ def get_repo(url, alias):
             except bzrlib.errors.NoRepositoryPresent:
                 pass
 
-    wanted = get_config('remote-bzr.branches').rstrip().split(', ')
+    wanted = get_config('remote.%s.bzr-branches' % alias).rstrip().split(', ')
     # stupid python
     wanted = [e for e in wanted if e]
+    if not wanted:
+        wanted = get_config('remote-bzr.branches').rstrip().split(', ')
+        # stupid python
+        wanted = [e for e in wanted if e]
 
     if not wanted:
         try:
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index c27603965a..92d994e470 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import subprocess
 import urllib
 import atexit
 import urlparse, hashlib
+import time as ptime
 
+#
+# If you want to see Mercurial revisions as Git commit notes:
+# git config core.notesRef refs/notes/hg
 #
 # If you are not in hg-git-compat mode and want to disable the tracking of
 # named branches:
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ class Marks:
         self.rev_marks = {}
         self.last_mark = 0
         self.version = 0
+        self.last_note = 0
 
     def load(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.path):
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ class Marks:
         self.marks = tmp['marks']
         self.last_mark = tmp['last-mark']
         self.version = tmp.get('version', 1)
+        self.last_note = tmp.get('last-note', 0)
 
         for rev, mark in self.marks.iteritems():
             self.rev_marks[mark] = rev
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ class Marks:
         self.version = 2
 
     def dict(self):
-        return { 'tips': self.tips, 'marks': self.marks, 'last-mark' : self.last_mark, 'version' : self.version }
+        return { 'tips': self.tips, 'marks': self.marks, 'last-mark' : self.last_mark, 'version' : self.version, 'last-note' : self.last_note }
 
     def store(self):
         json.dump(self.dict(), open(self.path, 'w'))
@@ -227,8 +233,6 @@ class Parser:
         return sys.stdin.read(size)
 
     def get_author(self):
-        global bad_mail
-
         ex = None
         m = RAW_AUTHOR_RE.match(self.line)
         if not m:
@@ -261,8 +265,6 @@ def fix_file_path(path):
     return os.path.relpath(path, '/')
 
 def export_files(files):
-    global marks, filenodes
-
     final = []
     for f in files:
         fid = node.hex(f.filenode())
@@ -344,8 +346,6 @@ def fixup_user_hg(user):
     return (name, mail)
 
 def fixup_user(user):
-    global mode, bad_mail
-
     if mode == 'git':
         name, mail = fixup_user_git(user)
     else:
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def updatebookmarks(repo, peer):
         bookmarks.write(repo)
 
 def get_repo(url, alias):
-    global dirname, peer
+    global peer
 
     myui = ui.ui()
     myui.setconfig('ui', 'interactive', 'off')
@@ -429,16 +429,12 @@ def get_repo(url, alias):
     return repo
 
 def rev_to_mark(rev):
-    global marks
     return marks.from_rev(rev.hex())
 
 def mark_to_rev(mark):
-    global marks
     return marks.to_rev(mark)
 
 def export_ref(repo, name, kind, head):
-    global prefix, marks, mode
-
     ename = '%s/%s' % (kind, name)
     try:
         tip = marks.get_tip(ename)
@@ -535,6 +531,31 @@ def export_ref(repo, name, kind, head):
     print "from :%u" % rev_to_mark(head)
     print
 
+    pending_revs = set(revs) - notes
+    if pending_revs:
+        note_mark = marks.next_mark()
+        ref = "refs/notes/hg"
+
+        print "commit %s" % ref
+        print "mark :%d" % (note_mark)
+        print "committer remote-hg <> %s" % (ptime.strftime('%s %z'))
+        desc = "Notes for %s\n" % (name)
+        print "data %d" % (len(desc))
+        print desc
+        if marks.last_note:
+            print "from :%u" % marks.last_note
+
+        for rev in pending_revs:
+            notes.add(rev)
+            c = repo[rev]
+            print "N inline :%u" % rev_to_mark(c)
+            msg = c.hex()
+            print "data %d" % (len(msg))
+            print msg
+        print
+
+        marks.last_note = note_mark
+
     marks.set_tip(ename, head.hex())
 
 def export_tag(repo, tag):
@@ -550,12 +571,9 @@ def export_branch(repo, branch):
     export_ref(repo, branch, 'branches', head)
 
 def export_head(repo):
-    global g_head
     export_ref(repo, g_head[0], 'bookmarks', g_head[1])
 
 def do_capabilities(parser):
-    global prefix, dirname
-
     print "import"
     print "export"
     print "refspec refs/heads/branches/*:%s/branches/*" % prefix
@@ -575,8 +593,6 @@ def branch_tip(branch):
     return branches[branch][-1]
 
 def get_branch_tip(repo, branch):
-    global branches
-
     heads = branches.get(hgref(branch), None)
     if not heads:
         return None
@@ -589,7 +605,7 @@ def get_branch_tip(repo, branch):
     return heads[0]
 
 def list_head(repo, cur):
-    global g_head, bmarks, fake_bmark
+    global g_head, fake_bmark
 
     if 'default' not in branches:
         # empty repo
@@ -605,8 +621,6 @@ def list_head(repo, cur):
     g_head = (head, node)
 
 def do_list(parser):
-    global branches, bmarks, track_branches
-
     repo = parser.repo
     for bmark, node in bookmarks.listbookmarks(repo).iteritems():
         bmarks[bmark] = repo[node]
@@ -674,8 +688,6 @@ def do_import(parser):
     print 'done'
 
 def parse_blob(parser):
-    global blob_marks
-
     parser.next()
     mark = parser.get_mark()
     parser.next()
@@ -692,9 +704,6 @@ def get_merge_files(repo, p1, p2, files):
             files[e] = f
 
 def parse_commit(parser):
-    global marks, blob_marks, parsed_refs
-    global mode
-
     from_mark = merge_mark = None
 
     ref = parser[1]
@@ -812,8 +821,6 @@ def parse_commit(parser):
     marks.new_mark(node, commit_mark)
 
 def parse_reset(parser):
-    global parsed_refs
-
     ref = parser[1]
     parser.next()
     # ugh
@@ -1006,8 +1013,6 @@ def check_tip(ref, kind, name, heads):
         return tip in heads
 
 def do_export(parser):
-    global parsed_refs, bmarks, peer
-
     p_bmarks = []
     p_revs = {}
 
@@ -1079,7 +1084,7 @@ def do_export(parser):
             author, msg = parsed_tags.get(tag, (None, None))
             if mode == 'git':
                 if not msg:
-                    msg = 'Added tag %s for changeset %s' % (tag, node[:12]);
+                    msg = 'Added tag %s for changeset %s' % (tag, node[:12])
                 tagnode, branch = write_tag(parser.repo, tag, node, msg, author)
                 p_revs[tagnode] = 'refs/heads/branches/' + gitref(branch)
             else:
@@ -1152,6 +1157,7 @@ def main(args):
     global filenodes
     global fake_bmark, hg_version
     global dry_run
+    global notes, alias
 
     alias = args[1]
     url = args[2]
@@ -1191,6 +1197,7 @@ def main(args):
     except:
         hg_version = None
     dry_run = False
+    notes = set()
 
     repo = get_repo(url, alias)
     prefix = 'refs/hg/%s' % alias
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
index dce281f911..5c50251783 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ test_description='Test remote-bzr'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
+if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-bzr tests; python not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python -c 'import bzrlib'; then
+if ! python -c 'import bzrlib'
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-bzr tests; bzr not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
 check () {
-	echo $3 > expected &&
-	git --git-dir=$1/.git log --format='%s' -1 $2 > actual
+	echo $3 >expected &&
+	git --git-dir=$1/.git log --format='%s' -1 $2 >actual
 	test_cmp expected actual
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning' '
 	(
 	bzr init bzrrepo &&
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	bzr add content &&
 	bzr commit -m one
 	) &&
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning' '
 test_expect_success 'pulling' '
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	bzr commit -m two
 	) &&
 
@@ -53,13 +55,13 @@ test_expect_success 'pulling' '
 test_expect_success 'pushing' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo three > content &&
+	echo three >content &&
 	git commit -a -m three &&
 	git push
 	) &&
 
-	echo three > expected &&
-	cat bzrrepo/content > actual &&
+	echo three >expected &&
+	cat bzrrepo/content >actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
@@ -67,16 +69,16 @@ test_expect_success 'roundtrip' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git pull &&
-	git log --format="%s" -1 origin/master > actual
+	git log --format="%s" -1 origin/master >actual
 	) &&
-	echo three > expected &&
+	echo three >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
 	(cd gitrepo && git push && git pull) &&
 
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo four > content &&
+	echo four >content &&
 	bzr commit -m four
 	) &&
 
@@ -86,19 +88,19 @@ test_expect_success 'roundtrip' '
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo five > content &&
+	echo five >content &&
 	git commit -a -m five &&
 	git push && git pull
 	) &&
 
 	(cd bzrrepo && bzr revert) &&
 
-	echo five > expected &&
-	cat bzrrepo/content > actual &&
+	echo five >expected &&
+	cat bzrrepo/content >actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-cat > expected <<EOF
+cat >expected <<\EOF
 100644 blob 54f9d6da5c91d556e6b54340b1327573073030af	content
 100755 blob 68769579c3eaadbe555379b9c3538e6628bae1eb	executable
 120000 blob 6b584e8ece562ebffc15d38808cd6b98fc3d97ea	link
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ EOF
 test_expect_success 'special modes' '
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo exec > executable
+	echo exec >executable
 	chmod +x executable &&
 	bzr add executable
 	bzr commit -m exec &&
@@ -122,21 +124,21 @@ test_expect_success 'special modes' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git pull
-	git ls-tree HEAD > ../actual
+	git ls-tree HEAD >../actual
 	) &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	git cat-file -p HEAD:link > ../actual
+	git cat-file -p HEAD:link >../actual
 	) &&
 
-	printf content > expected &&
+	printf content >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-cat > expected <<EOF
+cat >expected <<\EOF
 100644 blob 54f9d6da5c91d556e6b54340b1327573073030af	content
 100755 blob 68769579c3eaadbe555379b9c3538e6628bae1eb	executable
 120000 blob 6b584e8ece562ebffc15d38808cd6b98fc3d97ea	link
@@ -147,8 +149,8 @@ test_expect_success 'moving directory' '
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
 	mkdir movedir &&
-	echo one > movedir/one &&
-	echo two > movedir/two &&
+	echo one >movedir/one &&
+	echo two >movedir/two &&
 	bzr add movedir &&
 	bzr commit -m movedir &&
 	bzr mv movedir movedir-new &&
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ test_expect_success 'moving directory' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git pull &&
-	git ls-tree HEAD > ../actual
+	git ls-tree HEAD >../actual
 	) &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ test_expect_success 'moving directory' '
 test_expect_success 'different authors' '
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo john >> content &&
+	echo john >>content &&
 	bzr commit -m john \
 	  --author "Jane Rey <jrey@example.com>" \
 	  --author "John Doe <jdoe@example.com>"
@@ -176,10 +178,10 @@ test_expect_success 'different authors' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git pull &&
-	git show --format="%an <%ae>, %cn <%ce>" --quiet > ../actual
+	git show --format="%an <%ae>, %cn <%ce>" --quiet >../actual
 	) &&
 
-	echo "Jane Rey <jrey@example.com>, A U Thor <author@example.com>" > expected &&
+	echo "Jane Rey <jrey@example.com>, A U Thor <author@example.com>" >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
@@ -196,12 +198,12 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch utf-8 filenames' '
 	bzr init bzrrepo &&
 	cd bzrrepo &&
 
-	echo test >> "ærø" &&
+	echo test >>"ærø" &&
 	bzr add "ærø" &&
-	echo test >> "ø~?" &&
+	echo test >>"ø~?" &&
 	bzr add "ø~?" &&
 	bzr commit -m add-utf-8 &&
-	echo test >> "ærø" &&
+	echo test >>"ærø" &&
 	bzr commit -m test-utf-8 &&
 	bzr rm "ø~?" &&
 	bzr mv "ærø" "ø~?" &&
@@ -211,9 +213,9 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch utf-8 filenames' '
 	(
 	git clone "bzr::bzrrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	git -c core.quotepath=false ls-files > ../actual
+	git -c core.quotepath=false ls-files >../actual
 	) &&
-	echo "ø~?" > expected &&
+	echo "ø~?" >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push utf-8 filenames' '
 	bzr init bzrrepo &&
 	cd bzrrepo &&
 
-	echo one >> content &&
+	echo one >>content &&
 	bzr add content &&
 	bzr commit -m one
 	) &&
@@ -238,15 +240,15 @@ test_expect_success 'push utf-8 filenames' '
 	git clone "bzr::bzrrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	echo test >> "ærø" &&
+	echo test >>"ærø" &&
 	git add "ærø" &&
 	git commit -m utf-8 &&
 
 	git push
 	) &&
 
-	(cd bzrrepo && bzr ls > ../actual) &&
-	printf "content\nærø\n" > expected &&
+	(cd bzrrepo && bzr ls >../actual) &&
+	printf "content\nærø\n" >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ test_expect_success 'pushing a merge' '
 	(
 	bzr init bzrrepo &&
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	bzr add content &&
 	bzr commit -m one
 	) &&
@@ -265,27 +267,27 @@ test_expect_success 'pushing a merge' '
 
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	bzr commit -m two
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo three > content &&
+	echo three >content &&
 	git commit -a -m three &&
 	git fetch &&
 	git merge origin/master || true &&
-	echo three > content &&
+	echo three >content &&
 	git commit -a --no-edit &&
 	git push
 	) &&
 
-	echo three > expected &&
-	cat bzrrepo/content > actual &&
+	echo three >expected &&
+	cat bzrrepo/content >actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-cat > expected <<EOF
+cat >expected <<\EOF
 origin/HEAD
 origin/branch
 origin/trunk
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ test_expect_success 'proper bzr repo' '
 	(
 	bzr init bzrrepo/trunk &&
 	cd bzrrepo/trunk &&
-	echo one >> content &&
+	echo one >>content &&
 	bzr add content &&
 	bzr commit -m one
 	) &&
@@ -307,14 +309,14 @@ test_expect_success 'proper bzr repo' '
 	(
 	bzr branch bzrrepo/trunk bzrrepo/branch &&
 	cd bzrrepo/branch &&
-	echo two >> content &&
+	echo two >>content &&
 	bzr commit -m one
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	git clone "bzr::bzrrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	git for-each-ref --format "%(refname:short)" refs/remotes/origin > ../actual
+	git for-each-ref --format "%(refname:short)" refs/remotes/origin >../actual
 	) &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
@@ -327,11 +329,11 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 	bzr init bzrrepo &&
 	cd bzrrepo &&
 
-	echo one >> content &&
+	echo one >>content &&
 	bzr add content &&
 	bzr commit -m one &&
 
-	echo two >> content &&
+	echo two >>content &&
 	bzr commit -m two
 	) &&
 
@@ -341,21 +343,51 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 	cd bzrrepo &&
 	bzr uncommit --force &&
 
-	echo three >> content &&
+	echo three >>content &&
 	bzr commit -m three &&
 
-	echo four >> content &&
+	echo four >>content &&
 	bzr commit -m four &&
-	bzr log --line | sed -e "s/^[0-9][0-9]*: //" > ../expected
+	bzr log --line | sed -e "s/^[0-9][0-9]*: //" >../expected
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git fetch &&
-	git log --format="%an %ad %s" --date=short origin/master > ../actual
+	git log --format="%an %ad %s" --date=short origin/master >../actual
 	) &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'export utf-8 authors' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf bzrrepo gitrepo && LC_ALL=C && unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" &&
+
+	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+	export LC_ALL
+
+	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Grégoire"
+	export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
+
+	bzr init bzrrepo &&
+
+	(
+	git init gitrepo &&
+	cd gitrepo &&
+	echo greg >>content &&
+	git add content &&
+	git commit -m one &&
+	git remote add bzr "bzr::../bzrrepo" &&
+	git push bzr
+	) &&
+
+	(
+	cd bzrrepo &&
+	bzr log | grep "^committer: " >../actual
+	) &&
+
+	echo "committer: Grégoire <committer@example.com>" >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
index f83d67d74f..e24c51daad 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-bidi.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ test_description='Test bidirectionality of remote-hg'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
+if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; python not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ hg_push () {
 	git checkout -q -b tmp &&
 	git fetch -q "hg::../$1" 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' &&
 	git checkout -q @{-1} &&
-	git branch -q -D tmp 2> /dev/null || true
+	git branch -q -D tmp 2>/dev/null || true
 	)
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ setup () {
 	echo "tag = -d \"0 0\""
 	echo "[extensions]"
 	echo "graphlog ="
-	) >> "$HOME"/.hgrc &&
+	) >>"$HOME"/.hgrc &&
 	git config --global remote-hg.hg-git-compat true
 	git config --global remote-hg.track-branches true
 
@@ -81,22 +83,22 @@ test_expect_success 'encoding' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add älphà" &&
 
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="tést èncödîng" &&
 	export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME &&
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta" &&
 
-	echo gamma > gamma &&
+	echo gamma >gamma &&
 	git add gamma &&
 	git commit -m "add gämmâ" &&
 
 	: TODO git config i18n.commitencoding latin-1 &&
-	echo delta > delta &&
+	echo delta >delta &&
 	git add delta &&
 	git commit -m "add déltà"
 	) &&
@@ -105,8 +107,8 @@ test_expect_success 'encoding' '
 	git_clone hgrepo gitrepo2 &&
 	hg_clone gitrepo2 hgrepo2 &&
 
-	HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo > expected &&
-	HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo2 > actual &&
+	HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo >expected &&
+	HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo2 >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
@@ -117,14 +119,14 @@ test_expect_success 'file removal' '
 	(
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta"
 	mkdir foo &&
-	echo blah > foo/bar &&
+	echo blah >foo/bar &&
 	git add foo &&
 	git commit -m "add foo" &&
 	git rm alpha &&
@@ -137,8 +139,8 @@ test_expect_success 'file removal' '
 	git_clone hgrepo gitrepo2 &&
 	hg_clone gitrepo2 hgrepo2 &&
 
-	hg_log hgrepo > expected &&
-	hg_log hgrepo2 > actual &&
+	hg_log hgrepo >expected &&
+	hg_log hgrepo2 >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
@@ -150,12 +152,12 @@ test_expect_success 'git tags' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 	git tag alpha &&
 
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta" &&
 	git tag -a -m "added tag beta" beta
@@ -165,8 +167,8 @@ test_expect_success 'git tags' '
 	git_clone hgrepo gitrepo2 &&
 	hg_clone gitrepo2 hgrepo2 &&
 
-	hg_log hgrepo > expected &&
-	hg_log hgrepo2 > actual &&
+	hg_log hgrepo >expected &&
+	hg_log hgrepo2 >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ test_expect_success 'hg branch' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -q -m "add alpha" &&
 	git checkout -q -b not-master
@@ -201,8 +203,8 @@ test_expect_success 'hg branch' '
 	: Back to the common revision &&
 	(cd hgrepo && hg checkout default) &&
 
-	hg_log hgrepo > expected &&
-	hg_log hgrepo2 > actual &&
+	hg_log hgrepo >expected &&
+	hg_log hgrepo2 >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ test_expect_success 'hg tags' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 	git checkout -q -b not-master
@@ -231,8 +233,8 @@ test_expect_success 'hg tags' '
 	hg_push hgrepo gitrepo &&
 	hg_clone gitrepo hgrepo2 &&
 
-	hg_log hgrepo > expected &&
-	hg_log hgrepo2 > actual &&
+	hg_log hgrepo >expected &&
+	hg_log hgrepo2 >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-hg-git.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-hg-git.sh
index 2219284382..6dcd95d10f 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-hg-git.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg-hg-git.sh
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ test_description='Test remote-hg output compared to hg-git'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
+if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; python not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python -c 'import hggit'; then
+if ! python -c 'import hggit'
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; hg-git not available'
 	test_done
 fi
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ hg_push_git () {
 	git fetch -q "hg::../$1" 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' &&
 	git branch -D default &&
 	git checkout -q @{-1} &&
-	git branch -q -D tmp 2> /dev/null || true
+	git branch -q -D tmp 2>/dev/null || true
 	)
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ setup () {
 	echo "hgext.bookmarks ="
 	echo "hggit ="
 	echo "graphlog ="
-	) >> "$HOME"/.hgrc &&
+	) >>"$HOME"/.hgrc &&
 	git config --global receive.denycurrentbranch warn
 	git config --global remote-hg.hg-git-compat true
 	git config --global remote-hg.track-branches false
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ test_expect_success 'executable bit' '
 	(
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	chmod 0644 alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
@@ -133,17 +136,18 @@ test_expect_success 'executable bit' '
 	git commit -m "clear executable bit"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo hgrepo-$x &&
 		cd hgrepo-$x &&
 		hg_log . &&
 		hg manifest -r 1 -v &&
 		hg manifest -v
-		) > output-$x &&
+		) >"output-$x" &&
 
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo2-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo2-$x > log-$x
+		git_log gitrepo2-$x >"log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp output-hg output-git &&
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ test_expect_success 'symlink' '
 	(
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 	ln -s alpha beta &&
@@ -164,16 +168,17 @@ test_expect_success 'symlink' '
 	git commit -m "add beta"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo hgrepo-$x &&
 		cd hgrepo-$x &&
 		hg_log . &&
 		hg manifest -v
-		) > output-$x &&
+		) >"output-$x" &&
 
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo2-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo2-$x > log-$x
+		git_log gitrepo2-$x >"log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp output-hg output-git &&
@@ -186,28 +191,29 @@ test_expect_success 'merge conflict 1' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo1 &&
 	cd hgrepo1 &&
-	echo A > afile &&
+	echo A >afile &&
 	hg add afile &&
 	hg ci -m "origin" &&
 
-	echo B > afile &&
+	echo B >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->B" &&
 
 	hg up -r0 &&
-	echo C > afile &&
+	echo C >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->C" &&
 
 	hg merge -r1 &&
-	echo C > afile &&
+	echo C >afile &&
 	hg resolve -m afile &&
 	hg ci -m "merge to C"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo1 gitrepo-$x &&
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo-$x hgrepo2-$x &&
-		hg_log hgrepo2-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo-$x > git-log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo2-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -220,28 +226,29 @@ test_expect_success 'merge conflict 2' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo1 &&
 	cd hgrepo1 &&
-	echo A > afile &&
+	echo A >afile &&
 	hg add afile &&
 	hg ci -m "origin" &&
 
-	echo B > afile &&
+	echo B >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->B" &&
 
 	hg up -r0 &&
-	echo C > afile &&
+	echo C >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->C" &&
 
 	hg merge -r1 || true &&
-	echo B > afile &&
+	echo B >afile &&
 	hg resolve -m afile &&
 	hg ci -m "merge to B"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo1 gitrepo-$x &&
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo-$x hgrepo2-$x &&
-		hg_log hgrepo2-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo-$x > git-log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo2-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -254,29 +261,30 @@ test_expect_success 'converged merge' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo1 &&
 	cd hgrepo1 &&
-	echo A > afile &&
+	echo A >afile &&
 	hg add afile &&
 	hg ci -m "origin" &&
 
-	echo B > afile &&
+	echo B >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->B" &&
 
-	echo C > afile &&
+	echo C >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "B->C" &&
 
 	hg up -r0 &&
-	echo C > afile &&
+	echo C >afile &&
 	hg ci -m "A->C" &&
 
 	hg merge -r2 || true &&
 	hg ci -m "merge"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo1 gitrepo-$x &&
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo-$x hgrepo2-$x &&
-		hg_log hgrepo2-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo-$x > git-log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo2-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -290,32 +298,33 @@ test_expect_success 'encoding' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add älphà" &&
 
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="tést èncödîng" &&
 	export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME &&
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta" &&
 
-	echo gamma > gamma &&
+	echo gamma >gamma &&
 	git add gamma &&
 	git commit -m "add gämmâ" &&
 
 	: TODO git config i18n.commitencoding latin-1 &&
-	echo delta > delta &&
+	echo delta >delta &&
 	git add delta &&
 	git commit -m "add déltà"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo hgrepo-$x &&
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo2-$x &&
 
-		HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo2-$x > git-log-$x
+		HGENCODING=utf-8 hg_log hgrepo-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo2-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -328,14 +337,14 @@ test_expect_success 'file removal' '
 	(
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta"
 	mkdir foo &&
-	echo blah > foo/bar &&
+	echo blah >foo/bar &&
 	git add foo &&
 	git commit -m "add foo" &&
 	git rm alpha &&
@@ -344,17 +353,18 @@ test_expect_success 'file removal' '
 	git commit -m "remove foo/bar"
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo hgrepo-$x &&
 		cd hgrepo-$x &&
 		hg_log . &&
 		hg manifest -r 3 &&
 		hg manifest
-		) > output-$x &&
+		) >"output-$x" &&
 
 		git_clone_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo2-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo2-$x > log-$x
+		git_log gitrepo2-$x >"log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp output-hg output-git &&
@@ -368,20 +378,21 @@ test_expect_success 'git tags' '
 	git init -q gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore &&
-	echo alpha > alpha &&
+	echo alpha >alpha &&
 	git add alpha &&
 	git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 	git tag alpha &&
 
-	echo beta > beta &&
+	echo beta >beta &&
 	git add beta &&
 	git commit -m "add beta" &&
 	git tag -a -m "added tag beta" beta
 	) &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo hgrepo-$x &&
-		hg_log hgrepo-$x > log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo-$x >"log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp log-hg log-git
@@ -390,12 +401,13 @@ test_expect_success 'git tags' '
 test_expect_success 'hg author' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf gitrepo* hgrepo*" &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		git init -q gitrepo-$x &&
 		cd gitrepo-$x &&
 
-		echo alpha > alpha &&
+		echo alpha >alpha &&
 		git add alpha &&
 		git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 		git checkout -q -b not-master
@@ -406,38 +418,38 @@ test_expect_success 'hg author' '
 		cd hgrepo-$x &&
 
 		hg co master &&
-		echo beta > beta &&
+		echo beta >beta &&
 		hg add beta &&
 		hg commit -u "test" -m "add beta" &&
 
-		echo gamma >> beta &&
+		echo gamma >>beta &&
 		hg commit -u "test <test@example.com> (comment)" -m "modify beta" &&
 
-		echo gamma > gamma &&
+		echo gamma >gamma &&
 		hg add gamma &&
 		hg commit -u "<test@example.com>" -m "add gamma" &&
 
-		echo delta > delta &&
+		echo delta >delta &&
 		hg add delta &&
 		hg commit -u "name<test@example.com>" -m "add delta" &&
 
-		echo epsilon > epsilon &&
+		echo epsilon >epsilon &&
 		hg add epsilon &&
 		hg commit -u "name <test@example.com" -m "add epsilon" &&
 
-		echo zeta > zeta &&
+		echo zeta >zeta &&
 		hg add zeta &&
 		hg commit -u " test " -m "add zeta" &&
 
-		echo eta > eta &&
+		echo eta >eta &&
 		hg add eta &&
 		hg commit -u "test < test@example.com >" -m "add eta" &&
 
-		echo theta > theta &&
+		echo theta >theta &&
 		hg add theta &&
 		hg commit -u "test >test@example.com>" -m "add theta" &&
 
-		echo iota > iota &&
+		echo iota >iota &&
 		hg add iota &&
 		hg commit -u "test <test <at> example <dot> com>" -m "add iota"
 		) &&
@@ -445,8 +457,8 @@ test_expect_success 'hg author' '
 		hg_push_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo-$x &&
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo-$x hgrepo2-$x &&
 
-		hg_log hgrepo2-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo-$x > git-log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo2-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -456,12 +468,13 @@ test_expect_success 'hg author' '
 test_expect_success 'hg branch' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf gitrepo* hgrepo*" &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		git init -q gitrepo-$x &&
 		cd gitrepo-$x &&
 
-		echo alpha > alpha &&
+		echo alpha >alpha &&
 		git add alpha &&
 		git commit -q -m "add alpha" &&
 		git checkout -q -b not-master
@@ -481,8 +494,8 @@ test_expect_success 'hg branch' '
 		hg_push_$x hgrepo-$x gitrepo-$x &&
 		hg_clone_$x gitrepo-$x hgrepo2-$x &&
 
-		hg_log hgrepo2-$x > hg-log-$x &&
-		git_log gitrepo-$x > git-log-$x
+		hg_log hgrepo2-$x >"hg-log-$x" &&
+		git_log gitrepo-$x >"git-log-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp hg-log-hg hg-log-git &&
@@ -492,12 +505,13 @@ test_expect_success 'hg branch' '
 test_expect_success 'hg tags' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf gitrepo* hgrepo*" &&
 
-	for x in hg git; do
+	for x in hg git
+	do
 		(
 		git init -q gitrepo-$x &&
 		cd gitrepo-$x &&
 
-		echo alpha > alpha &&
+		echo alpha >alpha &&
 		git add alpha &&
 		git commit -m "add alpha" &&
 		git checkout -q -b not-master
@@ -518,7 +532,7 @@ test_expect_success 'hg tags' '
 		git --git-dir=gitrepo-$x/.git tag -l &&
 		hg_log hgrepo2-$x &&
 		cat hgrepo2-$x/.hgtags
-		) > output-$x
+		) >"output-$x"
 	done &&
 
 	test_cmp output-hg output-git
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
index f7ce8aa853..72f745d63f 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
@@ -10,40 +10,44 @@ test_description='Test remote-hg'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON; then
+if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; python not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python -c 'import mercurial'; then
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial'
+then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
 check () {
-	echo $3 > expected &&
-	git --git-dir=$1/.git log --format='%s' -1 $2 > actual
+	echo $3 >expected &&
+	git --git-dir=$1/.git log --format='%s' -1 $2 >actual
 	test_cmp expected actual
 }
 
 check_branch () {
-	if [ -n "$3" ]; then
-		echo $3 > expected &&
-		hg -R $1 log -r $2 --template '{desc}\n' > actual &&
+	if test -n "$3"
+	then
+		echo $3 >expected &&
+		hg -R $1 log -r $2 --template '{desc}\n' >actual &&
 		test_cmp expected actual
 	else
-		hg -R $1 branches > out &&
+		hg -R $1 branches >out &&
 		! grep $2 out
 	fi
 }
 
 check_bookmark () {
-	if [ -n "$3" ]; then
-		echo $3 > expected &&
-		hg -R $1 log -r "bookmark('$2')" --template '{desc}\n' > actual &&
+	if test -n "$3"
+	then
+		echo $3 >expected &&
+		hg -R $1 log -r "bookmark('$2')" --template '{desc}\n' >actual &&
 		test_cmp expected actual
 	else
-		hg -R $1 bookmarks > out &&
+		hg -R $1 bookmarks >out &&
 		! grep $2 out
 	fi
 }
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ check_push () {
 	local expected_ret=$1 ret=0 ref_ret=0 IFS=':'
 
 	shift
-	git push origin "$@" 2> error
+	git push origin "$@" 2>error
 	ret=$?
 	cat error
 
@@ -75,10 +79,10 @@ check_push () {
 			grep "^   [a-f0-9]*\.\.[a-f0-9]* *${branch} -> ${branch}$" error || ref_ret=1
 			;;
 		esac
-		let 'ref_ret' && echo "match for '$branch' failed" && break
+		test $ref_ret -ne 0 && echo "match for '$branch' failed" && break
 	done
 
-	if let 'expected_ret != ret || ref_ret'
+	if test $expected_ret -ne $ret -o $ref_ret -ne 0
 	then
 		return 1
 	fi
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ setup () {
 	echo "username = H G Wells <wells@example.com>"
 	echo "[extensions]"
 	echo "mq ="
-	) >> "$HOME"/.hgrc &&
+	) >>"$HOME"/.hgrc &&
 
 	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:00 +0230" &&
 	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" &&
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero
 	) &&
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning with branches' '
 	(
 	cd hgrepo &&
 	hg branch next &&
-	echo next > content &&
+	echo next >content &&
 	hg commit -m next
 	) &&
 
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning with bookmarks' '
 	cd hgrepo &&
 	hg checkout default &&
 	hg bookmark feature-a &&
-	echo feature-a > content &&
+	echo feature-a >content &&
 	hg commit -m feature-a
 	) &&
 
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ test_expect_success 'update bookmark' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet devel &&
-	echo devel > content &&
+	echo devel >content &&
 	git commit -a -m devel &&
 	git push --quiet
 	) &&
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ test_expect_success 'new bookmark' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet -b feature-b &&
-	echo feature-b > content &&
+	echo feature-b >content &&
 	git commit -a -m feature-b &&
 	git push --quiet origin feature-b
 	) &&
@@ -184,9 +188,9 @@ test_expect_success 'new bookmark' '
 rm -rf hgrepo
 
 author_test () {
-	echo $1 >> content &&
+	echo $1 >>content &&
 	hg commit -u "$2" -m "add $1" &&
-	echo "$3" >> ../expected
+	echo "$3" >>../expected
 }
 
 test_expect_success 'authors' '
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ test_expect_success 'authors' '
 	touch content &&
 	hg add content &&
 
-	> ../expected &&
+	>../expected &&
 	author_test alpha "" "H G Wells <wells@example.com>" &&
 	author_test beta "test" "test <unknown>" &&
 	author_test beta "test <test@example.com> (comment)" "test <test@example.com>" &&
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ test_expect_success 'authors' '
 	) &&
 
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
-	git --git-dir=gitrepo/.git log --reverse --format="%an <%ae>" > actual &&
+	git --git-dir=gitrepo/.git log --reverse --format="%an <%ae>" >actual &&
 
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
@@ -226,11 +230,11 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
 
-	echo one >> content &&
+	echo one >>content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m one &&
 
-	echo two >> content &&
+	echo two >>content &&
 	hg commit -m two
 	) &&
 
@@ -240,20 +244,20 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 	cd hgrepo &&
 	hg strip 1 &&
 
-	echo three >> content &&
+	echo three >>content &&
 	hg commit -m three &&
 
-	echo four >> content &&
+	echo four >>content &&
 	hg commit -m four
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git fetch &&
-	git log --format="%s" origin/master > ../actual
+	git log --format="%s" origin/master >../actual
 	) &&
 
-	hg -R hgrepo log --template "{desc}\n" > expected &&
+	hg -R hgrepo log --template "{desc}\n" >expected &&
 	test_cmp actual expected
 '
 
@@ -263,18 +267,18 @@ test_expect_success 'remote push with master bookmark' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero &&
 	hg bookmark master &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	hg commit -m one
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	git commit -a -m two &&
 	git push
 	) &&
@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote push with master bookmark' '
 	check_branch hgrepo default two
 '
 
-cat > expected <<EOF
+cat >expected <<\EOF
 changeset:   0:6e2126489d3d
 tag:         tip
 user:        A U Thor <author@example.com>
@@ -300,13 +304,13 @@ test_expect_success 'remote push from master branch' '
 	git init gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git remote add origin "hg::../hgrepo" &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	git add content &&
 	git commit -a -m one &&
 	git push origin master
 	) &&
 
-	hg -R hgrepo log > actual &&
+	hg -R hgrepo log >actual &&
 	cat actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual &&
 
@@ -322,7 +326,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote cloning' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero
 	) &&
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote update bookmark' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet devel &&
-	echo devel > content &&
+	echo devel >content &&
 	git commit -a -m devel &&
 	git push --quiet
 	) &&
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote new bookmark' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet -b feature-b &&
-	echo feature-b > content &&
+	echo feature-b >content &&
 	git commit -a -m feature-b &&
 	git push --quiet origin feature-b
 	) &&
@@ -374,15 +378,15 @@ test_expect_success 'remote push diverged' '
 	(
 	cd hgrepo &&
 	hg checkout default &&
-	echo bump > content &&
+	echo bump >content &&
 	hg commit -m bump
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo diverge > content &&
+	echo diverge >content &&
 	git commit -a -m diverged &&
-	check_push 1 <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 <<-\EOF
 	master:non-fast-forward
 	EOF
 	) &&
@@ -403,16 +407,16 @@ test_expect_success 'remote update bookmark diverge' '
 
 	(
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo "bump bookmark" > content &&
+	echo "bump bookmark" >content &&
 	hg commit -m "bump bookmark"
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet diverge &&
-	echo diverge > content &&
+	echo diverge >content &&
 	git commit -a -m diverge &&
-	check_push 1 <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 <<-\EOF
 	diverge:fetch-first
 	EOF
 	) &&
@@ -427,7 +431,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote new bookmark multiple branch head' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git checkout --quiet -b feature-c HEAD^ &&
-	echo feature-c > content &&
+	echo feature-c >content &&
 	git commit -a -m feature-c &&
 	git push --quiet origin feature-c
 	) &&
@@ -442,20 +446,20 @@ setup_big_push () {
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero &&
 	hg bookmark bad_bmark1 &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	hg commit -m one &&
 	hg bookmark bad_bmark2 &&
 	hg bookmark good_bmark &&
 	hg bookmark -i good_bmark &&
 	hg -q branch good_branch &&
-	echo "good branch" > content &&
+	echo "good branch" >content &&
 	hg commit -m "good branch" &&
 	hg -q branch bad_branch &&
-	echo "bad branch" > content &&
+	echo "bad branch" >content &&
 	hg commit -m "bad branch"
 	) &&
 
@@ -463,40 +467,40 @@ setup_big_push () {
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m two &&
 
 	git checkout -q good_bmark &&
-	echo three > content &&
+	echo three >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m three &&
 
 	git checkout -q bad_bmark1 &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	echo four > content &&
+	echo four >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m four &&
 
 	git checkout -q bad_bmark2 &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	echo five > content &&
+	echo five >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m five &&
 
 	git checkout -q -b new_bmark master &&
-	echo six > content &&
+	echo six >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m six &&
 
 	git checkout -q branches/good_branch &&
-	echo seven > content &&
+	echo seven >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m seven &&
-	echo eight > content &&
+	echo eight >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m eight &&
 
 	git checkout -q branches/bad_branch &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	echo nine > content &&
+	echo nine >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m nine &&
 
 	git checkout -q -b branches/new_branch master &&
-	echo ten > content &&
+	echo ten >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m ten
 	)
 }
@@ -509,7 +513,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote big push' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	check_push 1 --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 --all <<-\EOF
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	branches/good_branch
@@ -537,17 +541,17 @@ test_expect_success 'remote big push fetch first' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero &&
 	hg bookmark bad_bmark &&
 	hg bookmark good_bmark &&
 	hg bookmark -i good_bmark &&
 	hg -q branch good_branch &&
-	echo "good branch" > content &&
+	echo "good branch" >content &&
 	hg commit -m "good branch" &&
 	hg -q branch bad_branch &&
-	echo "bad branch" > content &&
+	echo "bad branch" >content &&
 	hg commit -m "bad branch"
 	) &&
 
@@ -556,39 +560,37 @@ test_expect_success 'remote big push fetch first' '
 	(
 	cd hgrepo &&
 	hg bookmark -f bad_bmark &&
-	echo update_bmark > content &&
+	echo update_bmark >content &&
 	hg commit -m "update bmark"
 	) &&
 
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m two &&
 
 	git checkout -q good_bmark &&
-	echo three > content &&
+	echo three >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m three &&
 
 	git checkout -q bad_bmark &&
-	echo four > content &&
+	echo four >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m four &&
 
 	git checkout -q branches/bad_branch &&
-	echo five > content &&
+	echo five >content &&
 	git commit -q -a -m five &&
 
-	check_push 1 --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 --all <<-\EOF &&
 	master
 	good_bmark
-	new_bmark:new
-	new_branch:new
 	bad_bmark:fetch-first
 	branches/bad_branch:festch-first
 	EOF
 
 	git fetch &&
 
-	check_push 1 --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 --all <<-\EOF
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	bad_bmark:non-fast-forward
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'remote big push force' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	check_push 0 --force --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 0 --force --all <<-\EOF
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	branches/good_branch
@@ -635,7 +637,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'remote big push dry-run' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	check_push 0 --dry-run --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 --dry-run --all <<-\EOF &&
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	branches/good_branch
@@ -646,7 +648,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'remote big push dry-run' '
 	branches/bad_branch:non-fast-forward
 	EOF
 
-	check_push 0 --dry-run master good_bmark new_bmark branches/good_branch branches/new_branch <<-EOF
+	check_push 0 --dry-run master good_bmark new_bmark branches/good_branch branches/new_branch <<-\EOF
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	branches/good_branch
@@ -671,10 +673,10 @@ test_expect_success 'remote double failed push' '
 	(
 	hg init hgrepo &&
 	cd hgrepo &&
-	echo zero > content &&
+	echo zero >content &&
 	hg add content &&
 	hg commit -m zero &&
-	echo one > content &&
+	echo one >content &&
 	hg commit -m one
 	) &&
 
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote double failed push' '
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	echo two > content &&
+	echo two >content &&
 	git commit -a -m two &&
 	test_expect_code 1 git push &&
 	test_expect_code 1 git push