--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/testlib/checkheads-util.sh	Tue Mar 21 11:58:55 2017 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# common setup for head checking code
+
+. $TESTDIR/testlib/common.sh
+
+cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
+[ui]
+logtemplate ="{node|short} ({phase}): {desc}\n"
+
+[phases]
+publish=False
+
+[extensions]
+strip=
+evolve=
+EOF
+
+setuprepos() {
+    echo creating basic server and client repo
+    hg init server
+    cd server
+    mkcommit root
+    hg phase --public .
+    mkcommit A0
+    cd .. 
+    hg clone server client
+}