diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/testUtils.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/testUtils.ts
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--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/testUtils.ts
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-/*
- * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/* eslint-disable no-control-regex */
-
-import { WriteStream } from 'tty';
-import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
-
-export function mockPaths(options: {
-  ownDir?: string;
-  ownRoot?: string;
-  targetDir?: string;
-  targetRoot?: string;
-}): void {
-  const { ownDir, ownRoot, targetDir, targetRoot } = options;
-  if (ownDir) {
-    paths.ownDir = ownDir;
-    jest
-      .spyOn(paths, 'resolveOwn')
-      .mockImplementation((...ps) => resolvePath(ownDir, ...ps));
-  }
-  if (ownRoot) {
-    jest.spyOn(paths, 'ownRoot', 'get').mockReturnValue(ownRoot);
-    jest
-      .spyOn(paths, 'resolveOwnRoot')
-      .mockImplementation((...ps) => resolvePath(ownRoot, ...ps));
-  }
-  if (targetDir) {
-    paths.targetDir = targetDir;
-    jest
-      .spyOn(paths, 'resolveTarget')
-      .mockImplementation((...ps) => resolvePath(targetDir, ...ps));
-  }
-  if (targetRoot) {
-    jest.spyOn(paths, 'targetRoot', 'get').mockReturnValue(targetRoot);
-    jest
-      .spyOn(paths, 'resolveTargetRoot')
-      .mockImplementation((...ps) => resolvePath(targetRoot, ...ps));
-  }
-}
-
-export function createMockOutputStream() {
-  const output = new Array<string>();
-  return [
-    output,
-    {
-      cursorTo: () => {},
-      clearLine: () => {},
-      moveCursor: () => {},
-      write: (msg: string) => {
-        let clean = msg;
-        // Remove terminal color escape sequences
-        clean = clean.replace(/\x1B\[\d\dm/g, '');
-        // Remove any non-ascii
-        clean = clean.replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]+/g, '');
-        clean = clean.trim();
-        output.push(clean);
-      },
-    } as unknown as WriteStream & { fd: any },
-  ] as const;
-}
-
-// Avoid flakes by comparing sorted log lines. File system access is async, which leads to the log line order being indeterministic
-export function expectLogsToMatch(
-  recievedLogs: String[],
-  expected: String[],
-): void {
-  expect(recievedLogs.filter(Boolean).sort()).toEqual(expected.sort());
-}