Avoid accessing a slow working copy during diffcore operations.

diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 6aff0b808cbf6ccf973070898976854b1f874b5b..3260d1d7a746f6968aab0d3f374bd7e76bf33bd0 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ modification *should* take notice and update the test vectors here.
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-# It appears that people are getting bitten by not installing
-# 'merge' (usually part of RCS package in binary distributions)
-# or have too old python without subprocess.  Check them and error
-# out before running any tests.  Also catch the bogosity of trying
-# to run tests without building while we are at it.
+# It appears that people try to run tests without building...
 
 ../git >/dev/null
 if test $? != 1
@@ -32,22 +28,8 @@ then
        exit 1
 fi
 
-merge >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-if test $? = 127
-then
-       echo >&2 'You do not seem to have "merge" installed.
-Please check INSTALL document.'
-       exit 1
-fi
-
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-test "$no_python" || "$PYTHON" -c 'import subprocess' || {
-       echo >&2 'Your python seem to lack "subprocess" module.
-Please check INSTALL document.'
-       exit 1
-}
-
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 # init-db has been done in an empty repository.
 # make sure it is empty.