general improvements

diff --git a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
index a54a52aaa4e680bdbc97750c4ae4855a45dcdb80..8a72b4c43a4ff5ba2e2aeb99121ba8ba054dc396 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
+++ b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
        git commit -a -m "Right #5" &&
 
        git checkout -b long &&
-       i=0 &&
-       while test $i -lt 30
-       do
-               test_commit $i one &&
-               i=$(($i+1))
-       done &&
+       test_commit_bulk --start=0 --message=%s --filename=one 30 &&
 
        git show-branch &&
 
@@ -366,8 +361,6 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-msg with nothing to merge' '
        test_unconfig merge.log &&
        test_config merge.summary yes &&
 
-       >empty &&
-
        (
                cd remote &&
                git checkout -b unrelated &&
@@ -376,7 +369,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-msg with nothing to merge' '
                git fmt-merge-msg <.git/FETCH_HEAD >../actual
        ) &&
 
-       test_cmp empty actual
+       test_must_be_empty actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'merge-msg tag' '