Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/:
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/:
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/cd
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/cd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/diff
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/diff
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/env
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/export
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/export
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/fake_external.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/fake_external.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+def execute(fileName):
+  sys.stderr.write("error: external '{}' command called unexpectedly\n"
+                   .format(os.path.basename(fileName)));
+  sys.exit(1)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/mkdir
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/mkdir
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/rm
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--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/Inputs/fake-externals/rm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import fake_external
+
+fake_external.execute(__file__)
Index: llvm/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
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--- llvm/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
+++ llvm/utils/lit/tests/lit.cfg
@@ -75,3 +75,13 @@
 if not llvm_config:
   if sys.platform.startswith('win') or sys.platform.startswith('cygwin'):
     config.available_features.add('system-windows')
+
+# For each of lit's internal shell commands ('env', 'cd', 'diff', etc.), put
+# a fake command that always fails at the start of PATH.  This helps us check
+# that we always use lit's internal version rather than some external version
+# that might not be present or behave correctly on all platforms.  Don't do
+# this for 'echo' because an external version is used when it appears in a
+# pipeline.
+test_bin = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Inputs', 'fake-externals')
+config.environment['PATH'] = os.path.pathsep.join((test_bin,
+                                                   config.environment['PATH']))