diff --git a/tests/test-simplemerge-cmd b/tests/test-simplemerge-cmd
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cp "$TESTDIR"/../contrib/simplemerge .
+
+echo base > base
+
+echo local > local
+cat base >> local
+cp local orig
+
+cat base > other
+echo other >> other
+
+echo '% changing local directly'
+python simplemerge local base other && echo "merge succeeded"
+cat local
+cp orig local
+
+echo '% printing to stdout'
+python simplemerge -p local base other
+echo ' local:'
+cat local
+
+echo '% conflicts'
+cp base conflict-local
+cp other conflict-other
+echo not other >> conflict-local
+echo end >> conflict-local
+echo end >> conflict-other
+python simplemerge -p conflict-local base conflict-other || echo "merge failed"
+
+echo '% --no-minimal'
+python simplemerge -p --no-minimal conflict-local base conflict-other
+
+echo '% 1 label'
+python simplemerge -p -L foo conflict-local base conflict-other
+
+echo '% 2 labels'
+python simplemerge -p -L foo -L bar conflict-local base conflict-other
+
+echo '% too many labels'
+python simplemerge -p -L foo -L bar -L baz conflict-local base conflict-other
+
+echo '% binary file'
+printf '\x00' > binary-local
+cat orig >> binary-local
+python simplemerge -p binary-local base other
+
+echo '% binary file --text'
+python simplemerge -a -p binary-local base other
+
+echo '% help'
+python simplemerge --help
+
+echo '% wrong number of arguments'
+python simplemerge
+
+echo '% bad option'
+python simplemerge --foo -p local base other
+
+exit 0