diff --git a/testscour.py b/testscour.py
index a4d0d2d..e29aa44 100755
--- a/testscour.py
+++ b/testscour.py
@@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@ class RemoveDefsWithWhitespace(unittest.TestCase):
# TODO: write a test for --disable-embed-rasters
# TODO: write tests for --keep-editor-data
# TODO: write tests for scouring transformations
+# progress: the unittests/transform-* files list expected before/after behaviour
if __name__ == '__main__':
testcss = __import__('testcss')
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c49f211
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+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-identity.svg
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-135.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-135.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e17dec5
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+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-135.svg
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-45.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-45.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9361fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-45.svg
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-90.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-90.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46e7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-90.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-135.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-135.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40672c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-135.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-45.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-45.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4676969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-45.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-90.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-90.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc48ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-rotate-neg-90.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-2-3.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-2-3.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e09f490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-2-3.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-neg-1.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-neg-1.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec55b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-scale-neg-1.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-matrix-is-translate.svg b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-translate.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6076ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-matrix-is-translate.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-rotate-fold-3args.svg b/unittests/transform-rotate-fold-3args.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8786e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-rotate-fold-3args.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-rotate-is-identity.svg b/unittests/transform-rotate-is-identity.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..198ba11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-rotate-is-identity.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/unittests/transform-translate-is-identity.svg b/unittests/transform-translate-is-identity.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c62d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/transform-translate-is-identity.svg
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