} >"$actual" &&
                if test -f "$expect"
                then
-                       test_cmp "$expect" "$actual" &&
+                       case $cmd in
+                       *format-patch* | *-stat*)
+                               test_i18ncmp "$expect" "$actual";;
+                       *)
+                               test_cmp "$expect" "$actual";;
+                       esac &&
                        rm -f "$actual"
                else
                        # this is to help developing new tests.