diff --git a/spec/base.js b/spec/base.js
index 99dbb722..86dc94d1 100644
--- a/spec/base.js
+++ b/spec/base.js
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ var expectTreeAsync = function(command, expectedJSON) {
       console.log('not going to match', command);
       console.log('expected\n>>>>>>>>\n', loadTree(expectedJSON));
       console.log('\n<<<<<<<<<<<\nactual', headless.gitEngine.exportTree());
+      console.log('\n<<<<ORIGIN>>>>>\n');
+      console.log(loadTree(expectedJSON).originTree, '\n==========\n', headless.gitEngine.exportTree().originTree);
     }
     return compareAnswer(headless, expectedJSON);
   }, 'trees should be equal', 100);
diff --git a/spec/remote.spec.js b/spec/remote.spec.js
index 8616a4d6..45a7590c 100644
--- a/spec/remote.spec.js
+++ b/spec/remote.spec.js
@@ -9,5 +9,53 @@ describe('Git Remotes', function() {
     );
   });
 
+  it('does fake teamwork', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git fakeTeamwork',
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C1","id":"master"},"o/master":{"target":"C1","id":"o/master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C2","id":"master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does fake teamwork and then fetches', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git fakeTeamwork; git fetch',
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C1","id":"master"},"o/master":{"target":"C2","id":"o/master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C2","id":"master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('pulls', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git commit; git fakeTeamwork; git pull',
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C4","id":"master"},"o/master":{"target":"C3","id":"o/master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C3"},"C4":{"parents":["C2","C3"],"id":"C4"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C3","id":"master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C3":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C3"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('pulls with rebase', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git commit; git fakeTeamwork; git pull --rebase',
+      '%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%27%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%7D%2C%22o/master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C3%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22o/master%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C2%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%2C%22C2%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%27%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%2C%22originTree%22%3A%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C3%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%7D%7D'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('pulls and then pushes', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git commit; git fakeTeamwork; git pull; git push',
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C4","id":"master"},"o/master":{"target":"C4","id":"o/master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C3"},"C4":{"parents":["C2","C3"],"id":"C4"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C4","id":"master"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C3":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C3"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C4":{"parents":["C2","C3"],"id":"C4"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('pulls with rebase and then pushes', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git clone; git commit; git fakeTeamwork; git pull --rebase; git push',
+      '%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%27%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%7D%2C%22o/master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%27%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22o/master%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C2%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%2C%22C2%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%27%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%2C%22originTree%22%3A%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C2%27%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%2C%22C3%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C1%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C3%22%7D%2C%22C2%27%22%3A%7B%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C3%22%5D%2C%22id%22%3A%22C2%27%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%7D%7D%7D'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('clones with merge commits and many branches', function() {
+    expectTreeAsync(
+      'git branch bugFix; git clone',
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C1","id":"master"},"bugFix":{"target":"C1","id":"bugFix"},"o/master":{"target":"C1","id":"o/master"},"o/bugFix":{"target":"C1","id":"o/bugFix"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C1","id":"master"},"bugFix":{"target":"C1","id":"bugFix"}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+    );
+  });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/js/git/headless.js b/src/js/git/headless.js
index bec8bdc2..e0fe31a4 100644
--- a/src/js/git/headless.js
+++ b/src/js/git/headless.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function getMockVisualization() {
       var treeString = options.treeString;
 
       var headless = new HeadlessGit();
+      headless.gitEngine.loadTreeFromString(treeString);
       return {
         customEvents: {
           on: function(key, cb, context) {
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 452393a1..2bdfcfe7 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Big Things
 Origin things:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [ ] polish visual layout
-[ ] get clone as a before command working in demonstration views (related to test infra as well)
 
 Medium things:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ Ideas for cleaning
 Done things:
 (I only started this on Dec 17th 2012 to get a better sense of what was done)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+[x] get clone as a before command working in demonstration views (related to test infra as well)
 [x] importTreeNow fails if origin isnt updated
 [x] set checkout -b branch __remoteBranch to track the remote branch
 [x] test coverage for hg!!! (in progress)