--- a/tests/hghave	Fri Jun 08 15:11:05 2012 +0200
+++ b/tests/hghave	Fri Jun 08 15:11:05 2012 +0200
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
     return os.getenv('MSYSTEM')
 
 checks = {
+    "true": (lambda: True, "yak shaving"),
+    "false": (lambda: False, "nail clipper"),
     "baz": (has_baz, "GNU Arch baz client"),
     "bzr": (has_bzr, "Canonical's Bazaar client"),
     "bzr114": (has_bzr114, "Canonical's Bazaar client >= 1.14"),

--- a/tests/test-run-tests.t	Fri Jun 08 15:11:05 2012 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-run-tests.t	Fri Jun 08 15:11:05 2012 +0200
@@ -52,9 +52,27 @@
   $ echo 'foo (re)'
   foo (re)
 
+testing hghave
+
+  $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" true
+  $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" false
+  skipped: missing feature: nail clipper
+  [1]
+  $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" no-true
+  skipped: system supports yak shaving
+  [1]
+  $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" no-false
+
 Conditional sections based on hghave:
 
-#if fifo no-fifo
+#if true
+  $ echo tested
+  tested
+#else
+  $ echo skipped
+#endif
+
+#if false
   $ echo skipped
 #else
   $ echo tested