1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/github/ui/pr/CheckoutPullRequestHandler.java b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/github/ui/pr/CheckoutPullRequestHandler.java
index b063ef5c..10e6f78a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/github/ui/pr/CheckoutPullRequestHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/github/ui/pr/CheckoutPullRequestHandler.java
@@ -61,11 +61,8 @@ public class CheckoutPullRequestHandler extends TaskDataHandler {
 
 	private RevCommit getBase(Repository repo, PullRequest request)
 			throws IOException {
-		RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repo);
-		try {
+		try (RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repo)) {
 			return walk.parseCommit(repo.resolve(request.getBase().getSha()));
-		} finally {
-			walk.release();
 		}
 	}