--- a/tests/test-narrow.t	Tue Feb 13 14:39:02 2018 -0500
+++ b/tests/test-narrow.t	Tue Feb 13 17:58:40 2018 -0500
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   [255]
 
 Names with '.' in them are OK.
-  $ hg clone --narrow ssh://user@dummy/master $RANDOM --include a/.b/c
+  $ hg clone --narrow ssh://user@dummy/master should-work --include a/.b/c
   requesting all changes
   adding changesets
   adding manifests