diff --git a/docs/bootstrapping.md b/docs/bootstrapping.md
index 8255af6..75a3725 100644
--- a/docs/bootstrapping.md
+++ b/docs/bootstrapping.md
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Until then, a Java runtime must be available on the host.
 
 [examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh](examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh) starts a GitTally server against a scratch repository with a fake build — the setup used for the manual UI/API smoke tests during development.
 It creates a local bare origin plus a `work` clone, commits a slow fake build script (live log output, demo report artifact) with a `pollInterval: 5s` config, and starts the server on port 18980.
+The origin gets a second branch (`feature/demo`), so the Branches view shows more than one entry.
 No Gitea, no credentials, no Docker; `INSTALL_DIR`, `SERVER_PORT`, and `BUILD_SECONDS` can be overridden via environment variables.
 While the server runs, push empty commits from the `work` clone to trigger builds; a commit message containing `[fail]` makes the build fail, and pushing a new branch exercises the new-origin-branch path.
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh b/docs/examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh
index 286e9c6..8e0b6ed 100755
--- a/docs/examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh
+++ b/docs/examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Example: start a GitTally test server watching a scratch repository with a fake build.
 # This is the setup used for the manual UI/API smoke tests during development:
-# a local bare origin, a slow fake build with live log output and a demo report
-# artifact, and a fast poll interval — no Gitea, no credentials, no Docker.
+# a local bare origin (with a second branch for the Branches view), a slow fake
+# build with live log output and a demo report artifact, and a fast poll
+# interval — no Gitea, no credentials, no Docker.
 #
 # Usage:
 #   ./docs/examples/setup-gittally-testserver.sh
@@ -73,6 +74,15 @@ EOF
     git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/work" push --quiet origin main
 fi
 
+# A second branch on origin, so the Branches view shows more than just main.
+# Guarded separately so existing installs gain it on a re-run.
+if ! git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/origin.git" show-ref --quiet refs/heads/feature/demo; then
+    git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/work" switch --quiet -c feature/demo main
+    git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/work" commit --quiet --allow-empty -m "demo branch for the branches view"
+    git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/work" push --quiet -u origin feature/demo
+    git -C "$INSTALL_DIR/work" switch --quiet main
+fi
+
 # 3. The watched clone; the server runs here. No `init` needed: the project config
 #    is committed, and without gitea.baseUrl/git.token no statuses are published.
 if [ ! -d "$INSTALL_DIR/repo/.git" ]; then