Repository::checkoutReference doesn't work with remote or tag references
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olmokramer commented
Redirected here from atom/atom#7973
The following works just fine
repository.checkoutReference('refs/heads/branch');
But when I have a remote branch named remote-branch on the origin remote and I try
repository.checkoutReference('refs/remotes/origin/remote-branch');
It fails to check out the remote branch. The same is true for tags. Apparently, it will only check out local branches:
Repository::checkoutReference = (branch, create)->
if branch.indexOf('refs/heads/') isnt 0
branch = "refs/heads/#{branch}"
@checkoutRef(branch, create)
What's the reason for this?