--- a/tests/test-stablesort-criss-cross.t	Sat Nov 25 04:09:17 2017 -0500
+++ b/tests/test-stablesort-criss-cross.t	Sat Nov 25 15:14:50 2017 -0500
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   > [ui]
   > logtemplate = "{rev} {node|short} {desc} {tags}\n"
   > [alias]
-  > showsort = debugstablesort --template="{node|short}\n" --method basic-mergepoint
+  > showsort = debugstablesort --template="{node|short}\n" --method basic-headstart
   > EOF
 
   $ checktopo () {