got one test working with new github call lib
replaced some more curls
fixed bug in resty; removed another curl
improved error output; fixed call data to work with subshells
improved error reporting; removed sleep; modified checkout to be more robust
hardened tests
modified to use a single test repo per run
Merge pull request #97 from DogFoodSoftware/topics-96-make-rest-calls-sane

Pull request for issue #96