diff --git a/tests/check.sh b/tests/check.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+tipurl=http://mooedit.sourceforge.net/hg/hg.cgi/moo/archive/tip.tar.bz2
+
+tmpdir=
+
+go_to_tmp() {
+  if [ -z "$tmpdir" ]; then
+    tmpdir="`mktemp`"
+    rm -f "$tmpdir" || exit 1
+    echo "mkdir $tmpdir"
+    mkdir "$tmpdir" || exit 1
+    cd "$tmpdir"
+  fi
+}
+
+check_hg() {
+  go_to_tmp
+  wget $tipurl || exit 1
+  tar xjf tip.tar.bz2 || exit 1
+  cd moo-* || exit 1
+
+  ./autogen.sh || { echo "autogen.sh failed in $tmpdir"; exit 1; }
+  ./configure || { echo "configure failed in $tmpdir"; exit 1; }
+  make || { echo "make failed in $tmpdir"; exit 1; }
+  make distcheck || { echo "make distcheck failed in $tmpdir"; exit 1; }
+
+  cd ..
+  rm -r $tmpdir
+  tmpdir=
+}
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 check_hg"
+}
+
+for arg; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    check_hg)
+      check_hg || exit 1
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      usage
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      usage
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done