diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsTaskHandler.java b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsTaskHandler.java
index e002daf48429..34fdd62da731 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsTaskHandler.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsTaskHandler.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public abstract class VcsTaskHandler {
 
   public abstract void switchToTask(TaskInfo taskInfo);
 
-  public abstract void closeTask(TaskInfo taskInfo);
+  public abstract void closeTask(TaskInfo taskInfo, TaskInfo original);
 
   public abstract TaskInfo getActiveTask();
 }
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitTaskHandler.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitTaskHandler.java
index a3d6796c024c..266981aee744 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitTaskHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitTaskHandler.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 /**
  * @author Dmitry Avdeev
@@ -98,10 +100,25 @@ public class GitTaskHandler extends VcsTaskHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void closeTask(TaskInfo taskInfo) {
+  public void closeTask(final TaskInfo taskInfo, TaskInfo original) {
 
-    for (String branchName : taskInfo.branches.keySet()) {
-      myBrancher.merge(branchName, GitBrancher.DeleteOnMergeOption.DELETE, getRepositories(taskInfo.branches.get(branchName)));
+    Set<String> branches = original.branches.keySet();
+    final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(branches.size());
+    for (final String originalBranch : branches) {
+      myBrancher.checkout(originalBranch, getRepositories(original.branches.get(originalBranch)), new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          if (counter.decrementAndGet() == 0) {
+            merge(taskInfo);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void merge(TaskInfo taskInfo) {
+    for (String featureBranch : taskInfo.branches.keySet()) {
+      myBrancher.merge(featureBranch, GitBrancher.DeleteOnMergeOption.DELETE, getRepositories(taskInfo.branches.get(featureBranch)));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBrancherImpl.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBrancherImpl.java
index e1f57c387987..5dcdea4aa994 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBrancherImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBrancherImpl.java
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@ class GitBrancherImpl implements GitBrancher {
       execute(indicator);
       if (myCallInAwtAfterExecution != null) {
         Application application = ApplicationManager.getApplication();
-        application.invokeLater(myCallInAwtAfterExecution, application.getDefaultModalityState());
+        if (application.isUnitTestMode()) {
+          myCallInAwtAfterExecution.run();
+        }
+        else {
+          application.invokeLater(myCallInAwtAfterExecution, application.getDefaultModalityState());
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
index 469cf140e35b..d0149d4d89af 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ public class TaskManagerImpl extends TaskManager implements ProjectComponent, Pe
 
     VcsTaskHandler[] handlers = VcsTaskHandler.getAllHandlers(myProject);
     for (VcsTaskHandler handler : handlers) {
-      handler.switchToTask(original);
-      handler.closeTask(feature);
+      handler.closeTask(feature, original);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/TaskBranchesTest.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/TaskBranchesTest.java
index 696ea71a2345..519a3f6b300d 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/TaskBranchesTest.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/vcs/TaskBranchesTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package com.intellij.tasks.vcs;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsTaskHandler;
 import com.intellij.tasks.LocalTask;
-import com.intellij.tasks.TaskManagerTestCase;
+import com.intellij.tasks.TaskManager;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.LocalTaskImpl;
+import com.intellij.tasks.impl.TaskManagerImpl;
+import com.intellij.testFramework.PlatformTestCase;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import git4idea.branch.GitBranchesCollection;
@@ -34,10 +36,11 @@ import java.util.List;
  *         Date: 18.07.13
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
-public class TaskBranchesTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
+public class TaskBranchesTest extends PlatformTestCase {
 
-  // todo re-enable
-  public void _testGitTaskHandler() throws Exception {
+  private TaskManagerImpl myTaskManager;
+
+  public void testGitTaskHandler() throws Exception {
 
     List<GitRepository> repositories = initRepositories("community", "idea");
     GitRepository repository = repositories.get(0);
@@ -61,10 +64,8 @@ public class TaskBranchesTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
     assertEquals(3, repository.getBranches().getLocalBranches().size());
     assertEquals(second, repository.getCurrentBranch().getName());
 
-    handler.switchToTask(firstInfo);
-    assertEquals(first, repository.getCurrentBranch().getName());
-
-    handler.closeTask(secondInfo);
+    handler.closeTask(secondInfo, firstInfo);
+    repository.update();
     assertEquals(2, repository.getBranches().getLocalBranches().size());
   }
 
@@ -113,4 +114,10 @@ public class TaskBranchesTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
     assertEquals(1, branches.getLocalBranches().size());
     return repository;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    myTaskManager = (TaskManagerImpl)TaskManager.getManager(getProject());
+  }
 }