diff --git a/test/git-check-assertions.bats b/test/git-check-assertions.bats
index 1755820..beb29ca 100755
--- a/test/git-check-assertions.bats
+++ b/test/git-check-assertions.bats
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 
+init_repo() {
+  local repo_dir="$1"
+  local main_branch="$2"
+
+  mkdir "$repo_dir"
+  cd "$repo_dir"
+  git init -b "$main_branch"
+  git config user.email "john.doe@example.com"
+  git config user.name "John Doe"
+  touch readme
+  git add readme
+  git commit -m "initial"
+}
+
 setup() {
   set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -10,14 +24,7 @@ setup() {
   DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
   PATH="$DIR/../bin:$PATH"
 
-  mkdir "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/repo"
-  cd "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/repo"
-  git init -b main
-  git config user.email "john.doe@example.com"
-  git config user.name "John Doe"
-  touch readme
-  git add readme
-  git commit -m "initial"
+  init_repo "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/repo" main
 }
 
 commit_with_assertion() {
@@ -50,6 +57,19 @@ commit_with_assertion() {
   assert_file_not_exists ../test
 }
 
+@test "should not run any assertion blocks from master when on a feature branch" {
+  init_repo "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/repo-master" master
+
+  commit_with_assertion "touch ../test"
+  git checkout -b feature
+  git commit --allow-empty -m "feature"
+
+  run git-check-assertions
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_file_not_exists ../test
+}
+
 @test "should run all succeeding assertion blocks on the feature branch and finally return to the original branch" {
   git checkout -b feature
   commit_with_assertion "touch ../test1"