diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
index 09363b58bbfc..b397b18a7fde 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/HgPlatformTest.java
@@ -115,4 +115,15 @@ public abstract class HgPlatformTest extends UsefulTestCase {
     hg("add file.txt");
     hg("commit -m initial");
   }
+
+  public void prepareSecondRepository() throws IOException {
+    cd(myRepository);
+    hg("clone " + myRepository.getCanonicalPath() + " childRepo");
+    myChildRepo = myRepository.findChild("childRepo");
+    cd(myChildRepo);
+    hg("pull");
+    hg("update");
+    HgTestUtil.updateDirectoryMappings(myProject, myRepository);
+    HgTestUtil.updateDirectoryMappings(myProject, myChildRepo);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/merge/HgMergeProviderTest.java b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/merge/HgMergeProviderTest.java
index 66cd001c0437..e49feb43f4b0 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/merge/HgMergeProviderTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/merge/HgMergeProviderTest.java
@@ -191,14 +191,4 @@ public class HgMergeProviderTest extends HgPlatformTest {
     Assert.assertEquals(s, new String(bytes));
   }
 
-  private void prepareSecondRepository() throws IOException {
-    cd(myRepository);
-    hg("clone " + myRepository.getCanonicalPath() + " childRepo");
-    myChildRepo = myRepository.findChild("childRepo");
-    cd(myChildRepo);
-    hg("pull");
-    hg("update");
-    HgTestUtil.updateDirectoryMappings(myProject, myRepository);
-    HgTestUtil.updateDirectoryMappings(myProject, myChildRepo);
-  }
 }