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+import sys
+import unittest
+
+from mercurial import node
+
+import test_util
+
+class TestFetchExec(test_util.TestBase):
+    def _load_fixture_and_fetch(self, fixture_name, stupid):
+        return test_util.load_fixture_and_fetch(fixture_name, self.repo_path,
+                                                self.wc_path, stupid=stupid)
+
+    def assertexec(self, ctx, files, isexec=True):
+        for f in files:
+            self.assertEqual(isexec, 'x' in ctx[f].flags())
+
+    def test_exec(self, stupid=False):
+        repo = self._load_fixture_and_fetch('executebit.svndump', stupid)
+        self.assertexec(repo[0], ['text1', 'binary1', 'empty1'], True)
+        self.assertexec(repo[0], ['text2', 'binary2', 'empty2'], False)
+        self.assertexec(repo[1], ['text1', 'binary1', 'empty1'], False)
+        self.assertexec(repo[1], ['text2', 'binary2', 'empty2'], True)
+
+    def test_exec_stupid(self):
+        self.test_exec(True)
+
+    def test_empty_prop_val_executable(self, stupid=False):
+        repo = self._load_fixture_and_fetch('executable_file_empty_prop.svndump', stupid)
+        self.assertEqual(node.hex(repo['tip'].node()),
+                         'b19e2bdd93da30b09c2396cfdb987cc85271249a')
+        self.assertEqual(repo['tip']['foo'].flags(), 'x')
+
+    def test_empty_prop_val_executable_stupid(self):
+        self.test_empty_prop_val_executable(True)
+
+def suite():
+    all = [unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestFetchExec),
+          ]
+    return unittest.TestSuite(all)