t/t5710-info-alternate.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitution

diff --git a/t/lib-patch-mode.sh b/t/lib-patch-mode.sh
index ce36f34d0337d29f6ec8f274cd99ad201bd3965d..06c3c9176207af6c27c924377f29cc2bd0c881e5 100644 (file)
--- a/t/lib-patch-mode.sh
+++ b/t/lib-patch-mode.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
-       say 'skipping --patch tests, perl not available'
-       test_done
-fi
-
 set_state () {
        echo "$3" > "$1" &&
        git add "$1" &&