test_description='git svn basic tests'
 GIT_SVN_LC_ALL=${LC_ALL:-$LANG}
 
+. ./lib-git-svn.sh
+
+say 'define NO_SVN_TESTS to skip git svn tests'
+
 case "$GIT_SVN_LC_ALL" in
 *.UTF-8)
-       have_utf8=t
+       test_set_prereq UTF8
        ;;
 *)
-       have_utf8=
+       say "UTF-8 locale not set, some tests skipped ($GIT_SVN_LC_ALL)"
        ;;
 esac
 
-. ./lib-git-svn.sh
-
-say 'define NO_SVN_TESTS to skip git svn tests'
-
 test_expect_success \
     'initialize git svn' '
        mkdir import &&
        test ! -L "$SVN_TREE"/exec-2.sh &&
        test_cmp help "$SVN_TREE"/exec-2.sh'
 
-if test "$have_utf8" = t
-then
-       name="commit with UTF-8 message: locale: $GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
-       LC_ALL="$GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
-       export LC_ALL
-       test_expect_success "$name" "
-               echo '# hello' >> exec-2.sh &&
-               git update-index exec-2.sh &&
-               git commit -m 'éï∏' &&
-               git svn set-tree HEAD"
-       unset LC_ALL
-else
-       say "UTF-8 locale not set, test skipped ($GIT_SVN_LC_ALL)"
-fi
+name="commit with UTF-8 message: locale: $GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
+LC_ALL="$GIT_SVN_LC_ALL"
+export LC_ALL
+test_expect_success UTF8 "$name" "
+       echo '# hello' >> exec-2.sh &&
+       git update-index exec-2.sh &&
+       git commit -m 'éï∏' &&
+       git svn set-tree HEAD"
+unset LC_ALL
 
 name='test fetch functionality (svn => git) with alternate GIT_SVN_ID'
 GIT_SVN_ID=alt
 
 name='check imported tree checksums expected tree checksums'
 rm -f expected
-if test "$have_utf8" = t
+if test_have_prereq UTF8
 then
        echo tree bf522353586b1b883488f2bc73dab0d9f774b9a9 > expected
 fi