Checkout to a new branch

qa/qa/factory/repository/push.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ module QA
             repository.clone
             repository.configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
 
-            repository.checkout(@branch_name) unless @new_branch
+            if @new_branch
+              repository.checkout_new_branch(@branch_name)
+            else
+              repository.checkout(@branch_name)
+            end
+
             repository.add_file(@file_name, @file_content)
             repository.commit(@commit_message)
             repository.push_changes(@branch_name)

qa/qa/git/repository.rb

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module QA
         `git checkout "#{branch_name}"`
       end
 
+      def checkout_new_branch(branch_name)
+        `git checkout -b "#{branch_name}"`
+      end
+
       def shallow_clone
         clone('--depth 1')
       end

qa/qa/specs/features/project/deploy_key_clone_spec.rb

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ module QA
           resource.commit_message = 'Add .gitlab-ci.yml'
           resource.file_content = gitlab_ci
           resource.branch_name = deploy_key_name
+          resource.new_branch = true
         end
 
         sha1sum = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(gitlab_ci)