Standardise main branch name used in tests

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/cli_test_utils/git.rs b/tests/cli_test_utils/git.rs
index 99177e8..961592e 100644
--- a/tests/cli_test_utils/git.rs
+++ b/tests/cli_test_utils/git.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ pub fn create_clone(c: &TestContext, repo_dir: &Path, relative_name: &str) -> Pa
         .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3))
         .assert()
         .success();
-    c.workdir.as_ref().join(relative_name)
+
+    let repo_dir = c.workdir.as_ref().join(relative_name);
+
+    // standardising the main branch of our clone simplifies things.
+    Command::new("git")
+        .args(["checkout", "-b", "main"])
+        .current_dir(&repo_dir)
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    repo_dir
 }
 
 pub fn create_commit(repo_dir: &Path) -> Result<String> {