diff --git a/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh b/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
index 27c7de90ce..0c9e3c20e8 100755
--- a/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t6024-recursive-merge.sh
@@ -14,85 +14,90 @@ test_description='Test merge without common ancestors'
 GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-12-12 23:28:00 +0100"
 export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
 
-test_expect_success "setup tests" '
-echo 1 > a1 &&
-git add a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:00" git commit -m 1 a1 &&
-
-git checkout -b A master &&
-echo A > a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:01" git commit -m A a1 &&
-
-git checkout -b B master &&
-echo B > a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:02" git commit -m B a1 &&
-
-git checkout -b D A &&
-git rev-parse B > .git/MERGE_HEAD &&
-echo D > a1 &&
-git update-index a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:03" git commit -m D &&
-
-git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/other &&
-echo 2 > a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:04" git commit -m 2 a1 &&
-
-git checkout -b C &&
-echo C > a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:05" git commit -m C a1 &&
-
-git checkout -b E C &&
-git rev-parse B > .git/MERGE_HEAD &&
-echo E > a1 &&
-git update-index a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:06" git commit -m E &&
-
-git checkout -b G E &&
-git rev-parse A > .git/MERGE_HEAD &&
-echo G > a1 &&
-git update-index a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:07" git commit -m G &&
-
-git checkout -b F D &&
-git rev-parse C > .git/MERGE_HEAD &&
-echo F > a1 &&
-git update-index a1 &&
-GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:08" git commit -m F
+test_expect_success 'setup tests' '
+	echo 1 >a1 &&
+	git add a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:00" git commit -m 1 a1 &&
+
+	git checkout -b A master &&
+	echo A >a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:01" git commit -m A a1 &&
+
+	git checkout -b B master &&
+	echo B >a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:02" git commit -m B a1 &&
+
+	git checkout -b D A &&
+	git rev-parse B >.git/MERGE_HEAD &&
+	echo D >a1 &&
+	git update-index a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:03" git commit -m D &&
+
+	git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/other &&
+	echo 2 >a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:04" git commit -m 2 a1 &&
+
+	git checkout -b C &&
+	echo C >a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:05" git commit -m C a1 &&
+
+	git checkout -b E C &&
+	git rev-parse B >.git/MERGE_HEAD &&
+	echo E >a1 &&
+	git update-index a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:06" git commit -m E &&
+
+	git checkout -b G E &&
+	git rev-parse A >.git/MERGE_HEAD &&
+	echo G >a1 &&
+	git update-index a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:07" git commit -m G &&
+
+	git checkout -b F D &&
+	git rev-parse C >.git/MERGE_HEAD &&
+	echo F >a1 &&
+	git update-index a1 &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-12-12 23:00:08" git commit -m F
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'combined merge conflicts' '
 	test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH=0 git merge -m final G
 '
 
-cat > expect << EOF
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-F
-=======
-G
->>>>>>> G
-EOF
+test_expect_success 'result contains a conflict' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	<<<<<<< HEAD
+	F
+	=======
+	G
+	>>>>>>> G
+	EOF
 
-test_expect_success "result contains a conflict" "test_cmp expect a1"
+	test_cmp expect a1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'virtual trees were processed' '
+	git ls-files --stage >out &&
 
-git ls-files --stage > out
-cat > expect << EOF
-100644 ec3fe2a791706733f2d8fa7ad45d9a9672031f5e 1	a1
-100644 cf84443e49e1b366fac938711ddf4be2d4d1d9e9 2	a1
-100644 fd7923529855d0b274795ae3349c5e0438333979 3	a1
-EOF
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	100644 ec3fe2a791706733f2d8fa7ad45d9a9672031f5e 1	a1
+	100644 cf84443e49e1b366fac938711ddf4be2d4d1d9e9 2	a1
+	100644 fd7923529855d0b274795ae3349c5e0438333979 3	a1
+	EOF
 
-test_expect_success "virtual trees were processed" "test_cmp expect out"
+	test_cmp expect out
+'
 
 test_expect_success 'refuse to merge binary files' '
 	git reset --hard &&
-	printf "\0" > binary-file &&
+	printf "\0" >binary-file &&
 	git add binary-file &&
 	git commit -m binary &&
 	git checkout G &&
-	printf "\0\0" > binary-file &&
+	printf "\0\0" >binary-file &&
 	git add binary-file &&
 	git commit -m binary2 &&
-	test_must_fail git merge F > merge.out 2> merge.err &&
+	test_must_fail git merge F >merge.out 2>merge.err &&
 	grep "Cannot merge binary files: binary-file (HEAD vs. F)" merge.err
 '
 
@@ -116,7 +121,6 @@ test_expect_success 'mark rename/delete as unmerged' '
 	test 1 = $(git ls-files --unmerged | wc -l) &&
 	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify :2:a2 &&
 	git rev-parse --verify :3:a2
-
 '
 
 test_done
