diff --git a/tests/test-hook b/tests/test-hook
index ff7253a0d1da5fdf6540d6db9c8d794840ea9bce_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1ob29r..73bf2b586f3f0d2e39c714a2ce84f6e760c42e3c_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1ob29r 100755
--- a/tests/test-hook
+++ b/tests/test-hook
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 echo 'precommit = unset HG_LOCAL HG_NODE HG_TAG; python ../printenv.py precommit' >> .hg/hgrc
 echo 'pretxncommit = unset HG_LOCAL HG_TAG; python ../printenv.py pretxncommit' >> .hg/hgrc
 echo 'pretxncommit.tip = hg -q tip' >> .hg/hgrc
-echo 'pre-identify = false' >> .hg/hgrc
-echo 'pre-cat = echo "meow $HG_ARGS"' >> .hg/hgrc
-echo 'post-cat = echo "purr $HG_RESULT"' >> .hg/hgrc
+echo 'pre-identify = python ../printenv.py pre-identify 1' >> .hg/hgrc
+echo 'pre-cat = python ../printenv.py pre-cat' >> .hg/hgrc
+echo 'post-cat = python ../printenv.py post-cat' >> .hg/hgrc
 echo a > a
 hg add a
 hg commit -m a -d "1000000 0"
diff --git a/tests/test-hook.out b/tests/test-hook.out
index ff7253a0d1da5fdf6540d6db9c8d794840ea9bce_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1ob29rLm91dA==..73bf2b586f3f0d2e39c714a2ce84f6e760c42e3c_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1ob29rLm91dA== 100644
--- a/tests/test-hook.out
+++ b/tests/test-hook.out
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
 3:4c52fb2e4022
 commit hook: HG_NODE=4c52fb2e402287dd5dc052090682536c8406c321 HG_PARENT1=1324a5531bac09b329c3845d35ae6a7526874edb HG_PARENT2=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 
 commit.b hook: HG_NODE=4c52fb2e402287dd5dc052090682536c8406c321 HG_PARENT1=1324a5531bac09b329c3845d35ae6a7526874edb HG_PARENT2=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 
+pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id 
 warning: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
@@ -25,6 +26,6 @@
 warning: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
-meow cat b
-purr 0
+pre-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b 
+post-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b HG_RESULT=0 
 b
 prechangegroup hook: HG_SOURCE=pull HG_URL=file: 
 changegroup hook: HG_NODE=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 HG_SOURCE=pull HG_URL=file: