diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ def repo2db_mapper(initial_repo_list, re
              'description': repo.description \
                 if repo.description != 'unknown' else '%s repository' % name,
              'private': False,
-             'group_id': getattr(group, 'group_id', None)
+             'group_id': getattr(group, 'group_id', None),
+             'landing_rev': repo.DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME
             }
             rm.create(form_data, user, just_db=True)
     sa.commit()
@@ -558,7 +559,7 @@ def create_test_env(repos_test_path, con
     install test repository into tmp dir
     """
     from rhodecode.lib.db_manage import DbManage
-    from rhodecode.tests import HG_REPO, TESTS_TMP_PATH
+    from rhodecode.tests import HG_REPO, GIT_REPO, TESTS_TMP_PATH
 
     # PART ONE create db
     dbconf = config['sqlalchemy.db1.url']
@@ -593,12 +594,17 @@ def create_test_env(repos_test_path, con
         log.debug('remove %s' % data_path)
         shutil.rmtree(data_path)
 
-    #CREATE DEFAULT HG REPOSITORY
+    #CREATE DEFAULT TEST REPOS
     cur_dir = dn(dn(abspath(__file__)))
     tar = tarfile.open(jn(cur_dir, 'tests', "vcs_test_hg.tar.gz"))
     tar.extractall(jn(TESTS_TMP_PATH, HG_REPO))
     tar.close()
 
+    cur_dir = dn(dn(abspath(__file__)))
+    tar = tarfile.open(jn(cur_dir, 'tests', "vcs_test_git.tar.gz"))
+    tar.extractall(jn(TESTS_TMP_PATH, GIT_REPO))
+    tar.close()
+
     #LOAD VCS test stuff
     from rhodecode.tests.vcs import setup_package
     setup_package()