diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
index b0d70fd339..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
 	) &&
 
@@ -341,18 +343,18 @@ 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
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ test_expect_success 'export utf-8 authors' '
 	(
 	git init gitrepo &&
 	cd gitrepo &&
-	echo greg >> content &&
+	echo greg >>content &&
 	git add content &&
 	git commit -m one &&
 	git remote add bzr "bzr::../bzrrepo" &&
@@ -381,10 +383,10 @@ test_expect_success 'export utf-8 authors' '
 
 	(
 	cd bzrrepo &&
-	bzr log | grep "^committer: " > ../actual
+	bzr log | grep "^committer: " >../actual
 	) &&
 
-	echo "committer: Grégoire <committer@example.com>" > expected &&
+	echo "committer: Grégoire <committer@example.com>" >expected &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
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..a5123ca9ea 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 5a6f7451ba..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
 
@@ -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"
 	) &&
 
@@ -556,28 +560,28 @@ 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
 	bad_bmark:fetch-first
@@ -586,7 +590,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote big push fetch first' '
 
 	git fetch &&
 
-	check_push 1 --all <<-EOF
+	check_push 1 --all <<-\EOF
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	bad_bmark:non-fast-forward
@@ -603,7 +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
@@ -633,7 +637,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'remote big push dry-run' '
 	(
 	cd gitrepo &&
 
-	check_push 1 --dry-run --all <<-EOF &&
+	check_push 1 --dry-run --all <<-\EOF &&
 	master
 	good_bmark
 	branches/good_branch
@@ -644,7 +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
@@ -669,10 +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
 	) &&
 
@@ -680,7 +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