1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
index b0ec12f..6a50b87 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
@@ -186,3 +186,15 @@ start_svnserve () {
              --listen-host 127.0.0.1 &
 }
 
+prepare_a_utf8_locale () {
+	a_utf8_locale=$(locale -a | sed -n '/\.[uU][tT][fF]-*8$/{
+	p
+	q
+}')
+	if test -n "$a_utf8_locale"
+	then
+		test_set_prereq UTF8
+	else
+		say "# UTF-8 locale not available, some tests are skipped"
+	fi
+}