diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
index b98db7d18..b5348f998 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -50,18 +50,13 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCache;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheEntry;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RepositoryCache;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.*;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.WindowCacheConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
@@ -229,6 +224,102 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 			System.err.println(msg);
 	}
 
+	public static final int MOD_TIME = 1;
+
+	public static final int SMUDGE = 2;
+
+	public static final int LENGTH = 4;
+
+	public static final int CONTENT_ID = 8;
+
+	public static final int CONTENT = 16;
+
+	public static final int ASSUME_UNCHANGED = 32;
+
+	/**
+	 * Represent the state of the index in one String. This representation is
+	 * useful when writing tests which do assertions on the state of the index.
+	 * By default information about path, mode, stage (if different from 0) is
+	 * included. A bitmask controls which additional info about
+	 * modificationTimes, smudge state and length is included.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The format of the returned string is described with this BNF:
+	 *
+	 * <pre>
+	 * result = ( "[" path mode stage? time? smudge? length? sha1? content? "]" )* .
+	 * mode = ", mode:" number .
+	 * stage = ", stage:" number .
+	 * time = ", time:t" timestamp-index .
+	 * smudge = "" | ", smudged" .
+	 * length = ", length:" number .
+	 * sha1 = ", sha1:" hex-sha1 .
+	 * content = ", content:" blob-data .
+	 * </pre>
+	 *
+	 * 'stage' is only presented when the stage is different from 0. All
+	 * reported time stamps are mapped to strings like "t0", "t1", ... "tn". The
+	 * smallest reported time-stamp will be called "t0". This allows to write
+	 * assertions against the string although the concrete value of the time
+	 * stamps is unknown.
+	 *
+	 * @param repo
+	 *            the repository the index state should be determined for
+	 *
+	 * @param includedOptions
+	 *            a bitmask constructed out of the constants {@link #MOD_TIME},
+	 *            {@link #SMUDGE}, {@link #LENGTH}, {@link #CONTENT_ID} and
+	 *            {@link #CONTENT} controlling which info is present in the
+	 *            resulting string.
+	 * @return a string encoding the index state
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static String indexState(Repository repo, int includedOptions)
+			throws IllegalStateException, IOException {
+		DirCache dc = repo.readDirCache();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		TreeSet<Long> timeStamps = null;
+
+		// iterate once over the dircache just to collect all time stamps
+		if (0 != (includedOptions & MOD_TIME)) {
+			timeStamps = new TreeSet<Long>();
+			for (int i=0; i<dc.getEntryCount(); ++i)
+				timeStamps.add(Long.valueOf(dc.getEntry(i).getLastModified()));
+		}
+
+		// iterate again, now produce the result string
+		for (int i=0; i<dc.getEntryCount(); ++i) {
+			DirCacheEntry entry = dc.getEntry(i);
+			sb.append("["+entry.getPathString()+", mode:" + entry.getFileMode());
+			int stage = entry.getStage();
+			if (stage != 0)
+				sb.append(", stage:" + stage);
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & MOD_TIME)) {
+				sb.append(", time:t"+
+						timeStamps.headSet(Long.valueOf(entry.getLastModified())).size());
+			}
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & SMUDGE))
+				if (entry.isSmudged())
+					sb.append(", smudged");
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & LENGTH))
+				sb.append(", length:"
+						+ Integer.toString(entry.getLength()));
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & CONTENT_ID))
+				sb.append(", sha1:" + ObjectId.toString(entry.getObjectId()));
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & CONTENT)) {
+				sb.append(", content:"
+						+ new String(repo.open(entry.getObjectId(),
+						Constants.OBJ_BLOB).getCachedBytes(), "UTF-8"));
+			}
+			if (0 != (includedOptions & ASSUME_UNCHANGED))
+				sb.append(", assume-unchanged:"
+						+ Boolean.toString(entry.isAssumeValid()));
+			sb.append("]");
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new empty bare repository.
 	 *
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
index 17eb6240a..ac4539a84 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCache;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheEntry;
@@ -154,101 +152,6 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		trash = db.getWorkTree();
 	}
 
-	public static final int MOD_TIME = 1;
-
-	public static final int SMUDGE = 2;
-
-	public static final int LENGTH = 4;
-
-	public static final int CONTENT_ID = 8;
-
-	public static final int CONTENT = 16;
-
-	public static final int ASSUME_UNCHANGED = 32;
-
-	/**
-	 * Represent the state of the index in one String. This representation is
-	 * useful when writing tests which do assertions on the state of the index.
-	 * By default information about path, mode, stage (if different from 0) is
-	 * included. A bitmask controls which additional info about
-	 * modificationTimes, smudge state and length is included.
-	 * <p>
-	 * The format of the returned string is described with this BNF:
-	 *
-	 * <pre>
-	 * result = ( "[" path mode stage? time? smudge? length? sha1? content? "]" )* .
-	 * mode = ", mode:" number .
-	 * stage = ", stage:" number .
-	 * time = ", time:t" timestamp-index .
-	 * smudge = "" | ", smudged" .
-	 * length = ", length:" number .
-	 * sha1 = ", sha1:" hex-sha1 .
-	 * content = ", content:" blob-data .
-	 * </pre>
-	 *
-	 * 'stage' is only presented when the stage is different from 0. All
-	 * reported time stamps are mapped to strings like "t0", "t1", ... "tn". The
-	 * smallest reported time-stamp will be called "t0". This allows to write
-	 * assertions against the string although the concrete value of the time
-	 * stamps is unknown.
-	 *
-	 * @param repo
-	 *            the repository the index state should be determined for
-	 *
-	 * @param includedOptions
-	 *            a bitmask constructed out of the constants {@link #MOD_TIME},
-	 *            {@link #SMUDGE}, {@link #LENGTH}, {@link #CONTENT_ID} and
-	 *            {@link #CONTENT} controlling which info is present in the
-	 *            resulting string.
-	 * @return a string encoding the index state
-	 * @throws IllegalStateException
-	 * @throws IOException
-	 */
-	public static String indexState(Repository repo, int includedOptions)
-			throws IllegalStateException, IOException {
-		DirCache dc = repo.readDirCache();
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		TreeSet<Long> timeStamps = null;
-
-		// iterate once over the dircache just to collect all time stamps
-		if (0 != (includedOptions & MOD_TIME)) {
-			timeStamps = new TreeSet<Long>();
-			for (int i=0; i<dc.getEntryCount(); ++i)
-				timeStamps.add(Long.valueOf(dc.getEntry(i).getLastModified()));
-		}
-
-		// iterate again, now produce the result string
-		for (int i=0; i<dc.getEntryCount(); ++i) {
-			DirCacheEntry entry = dc.getEntry(i);
-			sb.append("["+entry.getPathString()+", mode:" + entry.getFileMode());
-			int stage = entry.getStage();
-			if (stage != 0)
-				sb.append(", stage:" + stage);
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & MOD_TIME)) {
-				sb.append(", time:t"+
-					timeStamps.headSet(Long.valueOf(entry.getLastModified())).size());
-			}
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & SMUDGE))
-				if (entry.isSmudged())
-					sb.append(", smudged");
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & LENGTH))
-				sb.append(", length:"
-						+ Integer.toString(entry.getLength()));
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & CONTENT_ID))
-				sb.append(", sha1:" + ObjectId.toString(entry.getObjectId()));
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & CONTENT)) {
-				sb.append(", content:"
-						+ new String(repo.open(entry.getObjectId(),
-								Constants.OBJ_BLOB).getCachedBytes(), "UTF-8"));
-			}
-			if (0 != (includedOptions & ASSUME_UNCHANGED))
-				sb.append(", assume-unchanged:"
-						+ Boolean.toString(entry.isAssumeValid()));
-			sb.append("]");
-		}
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Represent the state of the index in one String. This representation is
 	 * useful when writing tests which do assertions on the state of the index.