diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/BranchTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/BranchTest.java
index 4200cd05c..d1bd5bace 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/BranchTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/BranchTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ public class BranchTest extends CLIRepositoryTestCase {
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();
-		new Git(db).commit().setMessage("initial commit").call();
+		try (Git git = new Git(db)) {
+			git.commit().setMessage("initial commit").call();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -77,13 +79,15 @@ public void testListDetached() throws Exception {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testListContains() throws Exception {
-		new Git(db).branchCreate().setName("initial").call();
-		RevCommit second = new Git(db).commit().setMessage("second commit")
-				.call();
-		assertArrayOfLinesEquals(new String[] { "  initial", "* master", "" },
-				execute("git branch --contains 6fd41be"));
-		assertArrayOfLinesEquals(new String[] { "* master", "" },
-				execute("git branch --contains " + second.name()));
+		try (Git git = new Git(db)) {
+				git.branchCreate().setName("initial").call();
+			RevCommit second = git.commit().setMessage("second commit")
+					.call();
+			assertArrayOfLinesEquals(new String[] { "  initial", "* master", "" },
+					execute("git branch --contains 6fd41be"));
+			assertArrayOfLinesEquals(new String[] { "* master", "" },
+					execute("git branch --contains " + second.name()));
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test