diff --git a/tests/test-pull.t b/tests/test-pull.t
index 19d34b8f69dad62e816a3ad028d6b4ff360e409c_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1wdWxsLnQ=..338e4e5ba6dcf2f9d90ac895dac3a8ff1432d495_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1wdWxsLnQ= 100644
--- a/tests/test-pull.t
+++ b/tests/test-pull.t
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@
      date:        Mon Jan 01 00:00:10 2007 +0000
      summary:     add alpha
   
-add a merge to the git repo
+add a merge to the git repo, and delete the branch
   $ cd gitrepo
   $ git merge -m "Merge branch 'beta'" beta | sed 's/|  */| /'
   Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
    beta | 1 +
    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
    create mode 100644 beta
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@
   $ cd gitrepo
   $ git merge -m "Merge branch 'beta'" beta | sed 's/|  */| /'
   Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
    beta | 1 +
    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
    create mode 100644 beta
+  $ git branch -d beta
+  Deleted branch beta (was 9497a4e).
   $ cd ..
 
 pull the merge