diff --git a/GitVersionCore.Tests/GitVersionCore.Tests.csproj b/GitVersionCore.Tests/GitVersionCore.Tests.csproj
index ca3f3b5244..e2151d4693 100644
--- a/GitVersionCore.Tests/GitVersionCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/GitVersionCore.Tests/GitVersionCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     <Compile Include="VariableProviderTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="VersionCalculation\BaseVersionCalculatorTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="VersionCalculation\NextVersionCalculatorTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IntegrationTests\RealWorldGitFlowScenarios.cs" />
     <Compile Include="VersionCalculation\Strategies\ConfigNextVersionBaseVersionStrategyTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GitVersionContextBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="VersionCalculation\Strategies\MergeMessageBaseVersionStrategyTests.cs" />
diff --git a/GitVersionCore.Tests/Helpers/GitTestExtensions.cs b/GitVersionCore.Tests/Helpers/GitTestExtensions.cs
index 7cfb0ceffc..a52791583d 100644
--- a/GitVersionCore.Tests/Helpers/GitTestExtensions.cs
+++ b/GitVersionCore.Tests/Helpers/GitTestExtensions.cs
@@ -11,18 +11,24 @@ public static class GitTestExtensions
 {
     static int pad = 1;
 
-    public static void DumpGraph(this IRepository repository)
+    public static void DumpGraph(this IRepository repository, bool oneLine = true)
     {
         var output = new StringBuilder();
 
         try
         {
+            var commandLine = @"log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --all --remotes=*";
+            if (oneLine)
+            {
+                commandLine += " --oneline";
+            }
+
             ProcessHelper.Run(
                 o => output.AppendLine(o),
                 e => output.AppendLineFormat("ERROR: {0}", e),
                 null,
                 "git",
-                @"log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --all --remotes=*",
+                commandLine,
                 repository.Info.Path);
         }
         catch (FileNotFoundException exception)
diff --git a/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/RealWorldGitFlowScenarios.cs b/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/RealWorldGitFlowScenarios.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be1ea31338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/RealWorldGitFlowScenarios.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using GitVersion;
+using LibGit2Sharp;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+[TestFixture]
+public class RealWorldGitFlowScenarios
+{
+    [Test]
+    public void SupportForPrereleasesAndResetUnstableCounter()
+    {
+        // Note: this test checks whether the functionality explained at https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/issues/452 works correctly.
+
+        // This test should check the following contraints:
+        // 1) Can we have unstable versions
+        // 2) When we create a release branch, will that reset develop
+
+        var config = new Config
+        {
+            VersioningMode = VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment
+        };
+
+        using (var fixture = new EmptyRepositoryFixture(config))
+        {
+            fixture.Repository.MakeATaggedCommit("2.1.0");
+            fixture.Repository.CreateBranch("develop").Checkout();
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.2.0-unstable.1");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.2.0-unstable.2");
+
+            fixture.Repository.CreateBranch("release/2.2.0").Checkout();
+            fixture.Repository.ApplyTag("2.2.0");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.2.0-beta.1");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.2.0-beta.2");
+
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("develop");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.3.0-unstable.1");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.3.0-unstable.2");
+
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("master");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.1.0");
+            fixture.Repository.MergeNoFF("release/2.2.0");
+            fixture.Repository.Tags.Remove("2.2.0");
+            fixture.Repository.ApplyTag("2.2.0");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.2.0");
+
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("develop");
+            fixture.Repository.MergeNoFF("release/2.2.0");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.3.0-unstable.3");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.3.0-unstable.4");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
+
+            fixture.Repository.DumpGraph();
+        }
+    }
+}
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