diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_vcs.py b/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_vcs.py
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+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs import VCSError, get_repo, get_backend
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.hg import MercurialRepository
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.compat import unittest
+from conf import TEST_HG_REPO, TEST_GIT_REPO, TEST_TMP_PATH
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+class VCSTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for main module's methods.
+    """
+
+    def test_get_backend(self):
+        hg = get_backend('hg')
+        self.assertEqual(hg, MercurialRepository)
+
+    def test_alias_detect_hg(self):
+        alias = 'hg'
+        path = TEST_HG_REPO
+        backend = get_backend(alias)
+        repo = backend(path)
+        self.assertEqual('hg',repo.alias)
+
+    def test_alias_detect_git(self):
+        alias = 'git'
+        path = TEST_GIT_REPO
+        backend = get_backend(alias)
+        repo = backend(path)
+        self.assertEqual('git',repo.alias)
+
+    def test_wrong_alias(self):
+        alias = 'wrong_alias'
+        self.assertRaises(VCSError, get_backend, alias)
+
+    def test_get_repo(self):
+        alias = 'hg'
+        path = TEST_HG_REPO
+        backend = get_backend(alias)
+        repo = backend(path)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repo.__class__, get_repo(path, alias).__class__)
+        self.assertEqual(repo.path, get_repo(path, alias).path)
+
+    def test_get_repo_autoalias_hg(self):
+        alias = 'hg'
+        path = TEST_HG_REPO
+        backend = get_backend(alias)
+        repo = backend(path)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repo.__class__, get_repo(path).__class__)
+        self.assertEqual(repo.path, get_repo(path).path)
+
+    def test_get_repo_autoalias_git(self):
+        alias = 'git'
+        path = TEST_GIT_REPO
+        backend = get_backend(alias)
+        repo = backend(path)
+
+        self.assertEqual(repo.__class__, get_repo(path).__class__)
+        self.assertEqual(repo.path, get_repo(path).path)
+
+
+    def test_get_repo_err(self):
+        blank_repo_path = os.path.join(TEST_TMP_PATH, 'blank-error-repo')
+        if os.path.isdir(blank_repo_path):
+            shutil.rmtree(blank_repo_path)
+
+        os.mkdir(blank_repo_path)
+        self.assertRaises(VCSError, get_repo, blank_repo_path)
+        self.assertRaises(VCSError, get_repo, blank_repo_path + 'non_existing')
+
+    def test_get_repo_multialias(self):
+        multialias_repo_path = os.path.join(TEST_TMP_PATH, 'hg-git-repo')
+        if os.path.isdir(multialias_repo_path):
+            shutil.rmtree(multialias_repo_path)
+
+        os.mkdir(multialias_repo_path)
+
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(multialias_repo_path, '.git'))
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(multialias_repo_path, '.hg'))
+        self.assertRaises(VCSError, get_repo, multialias_repo_path)