diff --git a/tests/integration/repos_test.go b/tests/integration/repos_test.go
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+// Copyright 2014 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
+)
+
+func TestRepositories_CRUD(t *testing.T) {
+	// get authenticated user
+	me, _, err := client.Users.Get("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Users.Get('') returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// create random repo name that does not currently exist
+	var repoName string
+	for {
+		repoName = fmt.Sprintf("test-%d", rand.Int())
+		_, resp, err := client.Repositories.Get(*me.Login, repoName)
+		if err != nil {
+			if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+				// found a non-existant repo, perfect
+				break
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("Repositories.Get() returned error: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// create the repository
+	repo, _, err := client.Repositories.Create("", &github.Repository{Name: github.String(repoName)})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.Create() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// update the repository description
+	repo.Description = github.String("description")
+	repo.DefaultBranch = nil // FIXME: this shouldn't be necessary
+	_, _, err = client.Repositories.Edit(*repo.Owner.Login, *repo.Name, repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.Edit() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// delete the repository
+	_, err = client.Repositories.Delete(*repo.Owner.Login, *repo.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.Delete() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// verify that the repository was deleted
+	_, resp, err := client.Repositories.Get(*repo.Owner.Login, *repo.Name)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Test repository still exists after deleting it.")
+	}
+	if err != nil && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.Get() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepositories_BranchesTags(t *testing.T) {
+	// branches
+	branches, _, err := client.Repositories.ListBranches("git", "git")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.ListBranches() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(branches) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.ListBranches('git', 'git') returned no branches")
+	}
+
+	_, _, err = client.Repositories.GetBranch("git", "git", *branches[0].Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.GetBranch() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// tags
+	tags, _, err := client.Repositories.ListTags("git", "git")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.ListTags() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(tags) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Repositories.ListTags('git', 'git') returned no tags")
+	}
+}