test_cmp f-unix-orig f-unix &&
 
                # make sure stored in repo as unix newlines
-               # use sed to eat python-appened newline
+               # use sed to eat python-appended newline
                p4 -G print //depot/f-unix | marshal_dump data 2 |\
                    sed \$d >f-unix-p4-print &&
                test_cmp f-unix-orig f-unix-p4-print &&
                git init &&
                echo "* eol=lf" >.gitattributes &&
                git p4 sync //depot@all &&
-               git checkout master &&
+               git checkout -b master p4/master &&
                test_cmp "$cli"/f-unix-orig f-unix &&
                test_cmp "$cli"/f-win-as-lf f-win
        )
                git init &&
                echo "* eol=crlf" >.gitattributes &&
                git p4 sync //depot@all &&
-               git checkout master &&
+               git checkout -b master p4/master &&
                test_cmp "$cli"/f-unix-as-crlf f-unix &&
                test_cmp "$cli"/f-win-orig f-win
        )