diff --git a/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh b/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-DIR="$1"
-COMMIT="$2"
-if [ -z "$COMMIT" ]; then
-    COMMIT=HEAD
-fi
-
-# Taken from git-subtree (Copyright (C) 2009 Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>)
-find_latest_squash()
-{
-	dir="$1"
-	sq=
-	main=
-	sub=
-	git log --grep="^git-subtree-dir: $dir/*\$" \
-		--pretty=format:'START %H%n%s%n%n%b%nEND%n' "$COMMIT" |
-	while read a b _; do
-		case "$a" in
-			START) sq="$b" ;;
-			git-subtree-mainline:) main="$b" ;;
-			git-subtree-split:) sub="$b" ;;
-			END)
-				if [ -n "$sub" ]; then
-					if [ -n "$main" ]; then
-						# a rejoin commit?
-						# Pretend its sub was a squash.
-						sq="$sub"
-					fi
-					echo "$sq" "$sub"
-					break
-				fi
-				sq=
-				main=
-				sub=
-				;;
-		esac
-	done
-}
-
-latest_squash="$(find_latest_squash "$DIR")"
-if [ -z "$latest_squash" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: $DIR is not a subtree" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-set $latest_squash
-old=$1
-rev=$2
-if [ "d$(git cat-file -t $rev 2>/dev/null)" != dcommit ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: subtree commit $rev unavailable. Fetch/update the subtree repository" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-tree_subtree=$(git show -s --format="%T" $rev)
-echo "$DIR in $COMMIT was last updated to upstream commit $rev (tree $tree_subtree)"
-tree_actual=$(git ls-tree -d "$COMMIT" "$DIR" | head -n 1)
-if [ -z "$tree_actual" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: subtree directory $DIR not found in $COMMIT" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-set $tree_actual
-tree_actual_type=$2
-tree_actual_tree=$3
-echo "$DIR in $COMMIT currently refers to $tree_actual_type $tree_actual_tree"
-if [ "d$tree_actual_type" != "dtree" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: subtree directory $DIR is not a tree in $COMMIT" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ "$tree_actual_tree" != "$tree_subtree" ]; then
-    git diff-tree $tree_actual_tree $tree_subtree >&2
-    echo "FAIL: subtree directory tree doesn't match subtree commit tree" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "GOOD"