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+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from mercurial import hg
+from mercurial import ui
+from mercurial import node
+
+import fetch_command
+import util
+
+class TestBasicRepoLayout(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.oldwd = os.getcwd()
+        self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp('svnwrap_test')
+        self.repo_path = '%s/testrepo' % self.tmpdir
+        self.wc_path = '%s/testrepo_wc' % self.tmpdir
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
+        os.chdir(self.oldwd)
+
+    def test_fresh_fetch_single_rev(self):
+        util.load_svndump_fixture(self.repo_path, 'single_rev.svndump')
+        fetch_command.fetch_revisions(ui.ui(), 
+                                      svn_url='file://%s' % self.repo_path, 
+                                      hg_repo_path=self.wc_path)
+        repo = hg.repository(ui.ui(), self.wc_path)
+        self.assertEqual(node.hex(repo['tip'].node()), 
+                         'a47d0ce778660a91c31bf2c21c448e9ee296ac90')
+        self.assertEqual(repo['tip'], repo[0])
+
+    def test_fresh_fetch_two_revs(self):
+        util.load_svndump_fixture(self.repo_path, 'two_revs.svndump')
+        fetch_command.fetch_revisions(ui.ui(), 
+                                      svn_url='file://%s' % self.repo_path, 
+                                      hg_repo_path=self.wc_path)
+        repo = hg.repository(ui.ui(), self.wc_path)
+        # TODO there must be a better way than repo[0] for this check
+        self.assertEqual(node.hex(repo[0].node()),
+                         'a47d0ce778660a91c31bf2c21c448e9ee296ac90')
+        self.assertEqual(node.hex(repo['tip'].node()),
+                         'bf3767835b3b32ecc775a298c2fa27134dd91c11')
+        self.assertEqual(repo['tip'], repo[1])