lib/gitlab_git/repository.rb in gitlab_git-10.1.4 vs lib/gitlab_git/repository.rb in gitlab_git-10.2.0

@@ -108,9 +108,23 @@
       # name - The name of the tag as a String.
       def tag_exists?(name)
         !!rugged.tags[name]
       end
 
+      # Returns true if the given branch exists
+      #
+      # name - The name of the branch as a String.
+      def branch_exists?(name)
+        rugged.branches.exists?(name)
+
+      # If the branch name is invalid (e.g. ".foo") Rugged will raise an error.
+      # Whatever code calls this method shouldn't have to deal with that so
+      # instead we just return `false` (which is true since a branch doesn't
+      # exist when it has an invalid name).
+      rescue Rugged::ReferenceError
+        false
+      end
+
       # Returns an Array of branch and tag names
       def ref_names
         branch_names + tag_names
       end