diff --git a/tests/test-excessive-merge.out b/tests/test-excessive-merge.out
--- a/tests/test-excessive-merge.out
+++ b/tests/test-excessive-merge.out
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ summary:     test
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      0         0       5      0       0 2ed2a3912a0b 000000000000 000000000000