--- a/tests/test-status-color.t	Tue Sep 21 12:41:24 2010 -0500
+++ b/tests/test-status-color.t	Tue Sep 21 16:00:02 2010 -0500
@@ -214,11 +214,10 @@
   $ assert() {
   >     hg status --color=always $1 > ../a
   >     hg status --color=always $2 > ../b
-  >     out=`diff ../a ../b`
-  >     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  >     if diff ../a ../b > /dev/null; then
+  >         out=0
+  >     else
   >         out=1
-  >     else
-  >         out=0
   >     fi
   >     if [ $3 -eq 0 ]; then
   >         df="same"