diff --git a/tests/test-octopus.out b/tests/test-octopus.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 533a0b71148e8025973818f2e5cea0094057d8bf_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1vY3RvcHVzLm91dA==..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/test-octopus.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-Initialized empty Git repository in gitrepo/.git/
-
-Switched to a new branch "branch1"
-Switched to a new branch "branch2"
-Switched to branch "master"
-Trying simple merge with branch1
-Trying simple merge with branch2
-Merge successful
- beta  | 1 +
- gamma | 1 +
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
- create mode 100644 beta
- create mode 100644 gamma
-Initialized empty Git repository in gitrepo2/
-
-importing git objects into hg
-4 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
-@    5:3,4   6523aa9f4775   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-|\     Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
-| |
-| o    4:1,2   7f6c791a169f   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-| |\     Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
-| | |
-o | |  3:0   1436150b86c2   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-| | |    add delta
-| | |
-+---o  2:0   37c124f2d0a0   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-| |      add gamma
-| |
-| o  1   7bcd915dc873   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-|/     add beta
-|
-o  0   3442585be8a6   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
-     add alpha
-
-clearing out the git cache data
-pushing to git://localhost/gitrepo2
-exporting hg objects to git
-creating and sending data
-commit f0c7ec180419a130636d0c333fc34c1462cab4b5
-Merge: d8e22dd 9497a4e e5023f9
-Author: test <test@example.org>
-Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:13 2007 +0000
-
-    Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
-
-commit d8e22ddb015d06460ccbb4508d2184c12c8a7c4c
-Author: test <test@example.org>
-Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:13 2007 +0000
-
-    add delta
-
-commit e5023f9e5cb24fdcec7b6c127cec45d8888e35a9
-Author: test <test@example.org>
-Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:12 2007 +0000
-
-    add gamma
-
-commit 9497a4ee62e16ee641860d7677cdb2589ea15554
-Author: test <test@example.org>
-Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:11 2007 +0000
-
-    add beta
-
-commit 7eeab2ea75ec1ac0ff3d500b5b6f8a3447dd7c03
-Author: test <test@example.org>
-Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:10 2007 +0000
-
-    add alpha
diff --git a/tests/test-octopus b/tests/test-octopus.t
similarity index 0%
rename from tests/test-octopus
rename to tests/test-octopus.t
index 533a0b71148e8025973818f2e5cea0094057d8bf_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1vY3RvcHVz..df78d6f89a0765822460319f1b4ffc1ce6808ff6_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1vY3RvcHVzLnQ= 100755
--- a/tests/test-octopus
+++ b/tests/test-octopus.t
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+# Fails for some reason, need to investigate
+#   $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" git || exit 80
+
+bail if the user does not have dulwich
+  $ python -c 'import dulwich, dulwich.repo' || exit 80
 
@@ -2,4 +6,4 @@
 
-# Fails for some reason, need to investigate
-# "$TESTDIR/hghave" git || exit 80
+bail early if the user is already running git-daemon
+  $ ! (echo hi | nc localhost 9418 2>/dev/null) || exit 80
 
@@ -5,4 +9,6 @@
 
-# bail if the user does not have dulwich
-python -c 'import dulwich, dulwich.repo' || exit 80
+  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ echo "hggit=$(echo $(dirname $TESTDIR))/hggit" >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ echo 'hgext.graphlog =' >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ echo 'hgext.bookmarks =' >> $HGRCPATH
 
@@ -8,4 +14,8 @@
 
-# bail early if the user is already running git-daemon
-echo hi | nc localhost 9418 2>/dev/null && exit 80
+  $ GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='test'; export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
+  $ GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='test@example.org'; export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+  $ GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:00 +0000"; export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
+  $ GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"; export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
+  $ GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"; export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
+  $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"; export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
 
@@ -11,6 +21,16 @@
 
-echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
-echo "hggit=$(echo $(dirname $(dirname $0)))/hggit" >> $HGRCPATH
-echo 'hgext.graphlog =' >> $HGRCPATH
-echo 'hgext.bookmarks =' >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ count=10
+  $ commit()
+  > {
+  >     GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:$count +0000"
+  >     GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
+  >     git commit "$@" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || echo "git commit error" | sed 's/0 deletions(-)//'
+  >     count=`expr $count + 1`
+  > }
+
+  $ mkdir gitrepo
+  $ cd gitrepo
+  $ git init | python -c "import sys; print sys.stdin.read().replace('$(dirname $(pwd))/', '')"
+  Initialized empty Git repository in gitrepo/.git/
+  
 
@@ -16,8 +36,17 @@
 
-GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='test'; export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
-GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='test@example.org'; export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:00 +0000"; export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
-GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"; export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
-GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"; export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
-GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"; export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+  $ echo alpha > alpha
+  $ git add alpha
+  $ commit -m 'add alpha'
+
+  $ git checkout -b branch1 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
+  Switched to a new branch "branch1"
+  $ echo beta > beta
+  $ git add beta
+  $ commit -m 'add beta'
+
+  $ git checkout -b branch2 master 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
+  Switched to a new branch "branch2"
+  $ echo gamma > gamma
+  $ git add gamma
+  $ commit -m 'add gamma'
 
@@ -23,10 +52,7 @@
 
-count=10
-commit()
-{
-    GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:$count +0000"
-    GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
-    git commit "$@" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || echo "git commit error" | sed 's/0 deletions(-)//'
-    count=`expr $count + 1`
-}
+  $ git checkout master 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
+  Switched to branch "master"
+  $ echo delta > delta
+  $ git add delta
+  $ commit -m 'add delta'
 
@@ -32,5 +58,11 @@
 
-mkdir gitrepo
-cd gitrepo
-git init | python -c "import sys; print sys.stdin.read().replace('$(dirname $(pwd))/', '')"
+  $ git merge branch1 branch2 | sed "s/the '//;s/' strategy//" | sed 's/^Merge.*octopus.*$/Merge successful/;s/, 0 deletions.*//'  | sed 's/|  */| /'
+  Trying simple merge with branch1
+  Trying simple merge with branch2
+  Merge successful
+   beta  | 1 +
+   gamma | 1 +
+   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
+   create mode 100644 beta
+   create mode 100644 gamma
 
@@ -36,5 +68,8 @@
 
-echo alpha > alpha
-git add alpha
-commit -m 'add alpha'
+  $ cd ..
+  $ mkdir gitrepo2
+  $ cd gitrepo2
+  $ git init --bare | python -c "import sys; print sys.stdin.read().replace('$(dirname $(pwd))/', '')"
+  Initialized empty Git repository in gitrepo2/
+  
 
@@ -40,6 +75,10 @@
 
-git checkout -b branch1 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
-echo beta > beta
-git add beta
-commit -m 'add beta'
+dulwich does not presently support local git repos, workaround
+  $ cd ..
+  $ git daemon --base-path="$(pwd)"\
+  >  --listen=localhost\
+  >  --export-all\
+  >  --pid-file="$DAEMON_PIDS" \
+  >  --detach --reuseaddr \
+  > --enable=receive-pack
 
@@ -45,13 +84,25 @@
 
-git checkout -b branch2 master 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
-echo gamma > gamma
-git add gamma
-commit -m 'add gamma'
-
-git checkout master 2>&1 | sed s/\'/\"/g
-echo delta > delta
-git add delta
-commit -m 'add delta'
-
-git merge branch1 branch2 | sed "s/the '//;s/' strategy//" | sed 's/^Merge.*octopus.*$/Merge successful/;s/, 0 deletions.*//'  | sed 's/|  */| /'
+  $ hg clone git://localhost/gitrepo hgrepo | grep -v '^updating'
+  importing git objects into hg
+  4 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ cd hgrepo
+  $ hg log --graph --style compact | sed 's/\[.*\]//g'
+  @    5:3,4   6523aa9f4775   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+  |\     Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
+  | |
+  | o    4:1,2   7f6c791a169f   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+  | |\     Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
+  | | |
+  o | |  3:0   1436150b86c2   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+  | | |    add delta
+  | | |
+  +---o  2:0   37c124f2d0a0   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+  | |      add gamma
+  | |
+  | o  1   7bcd915dc873   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+  |/     add beta
+  |
+  o  0   3442585be8a6   2007-01-01 00:00 +0000   test
+       add alpha
+  
 
@@ -57,6 +108,8 @@
 
-cd ..
-mkdir gitrepo2
-cd gitrepo2
-git init --bare | python -c "import sys; print sys.stdin.read().replace('$(dirname $(pwd))/', '')"
+  $ hg gclear
+  clearing out the git cache data
+  $ hg push git://localhost/gitrepo2
+  pushing to git://localhost/gitrepo2
+  exporting hg objects to git
+  creating and sending data
 
@@ -62,10 +115,34 @@
 
-# dulwich does not presently support local git repos, workaround
-cd ..
-git daemon --base-path="$(pwd)"\
- --listen=localhost\
- --export-all\
- --pid-file="$DAEMON_PIDS" \
- --detach --reuseaddr \
- --enable=receive-pack
+  $ cd ../gitrepo2
+  $ git log --pretty=medium | sed s/\\.\\.\\.//g
+  commit f0c7ec180419a130636d0c333fc34c1462cab4b5
+  Merge: d8e22dd 9497a4e e5023f9
+  Author: test <test@example.org>
+  Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:13 2007 +0000
+  
+      Merge branches 'branch1' and 'branch2'
+  
+  commit d8e22ddb015d06460ccbb4508d2184c12c8a7c4c
+  Author: test <test@example.org>
+  Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:13 2007 +0000
+  
+      add delta
+  
+  commit e5023f9e5cb24fdcec7b6c127cec45d8888e35a9
+  Author: test <test@example.org>
+  Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:12 2007 +0000
+  
+      add gamma
+  
+  commit 9497a4ee62e16ee641860d7677cdb2589ea15554
+  Author: test <test@example.org>
+  Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:11 2007 +0000
+  
+      add beta
+  
+  commit 7eeab2ea75ec1ac0ff3d500b5b6f8a3447dd7c03
+  Author: test <test@example.org>
+  Date:   Mon Jan 1 00:00:10 2007 +0000
+  
+      add alpha
 
@@ -71,12 +148,2 @@
 
-hg clone git://localhost/gitrepo hgrepo | grep -v '^updating'
-cd hgrepo
-hg log --graph --style compact | sed 's/\[.*\]//g'
-
-hg gclear
-hg push git://localhost/gitrepo2
-
-cd ../gitrepo2
-git log --pretty=medium | sed s/\\.\\.\\.//g
-
-cd ..
+  $ cd ..