_Redirected here from https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/7973_ The following works just fine ``` js repository.checkoutReference('refs/heads/branch'); ``` But when I have a remote branch named remote-branch on the origin remote and I try ``` js 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: ``` coffee Repository::checkoutReference = (branch, create)-> if branch.indexOf('refs/heads/') isnt 0 branch = "refs/heads/#{branch}" @checkoutRef(branch, create) ``` What's the reason for this?
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The following works just fine
But when I have a remote branch named remote-branch on the origin remote and I try
It fails to check out the remote branch. The same is true for tags. Apparently, it will only check out local branches:
What's the reason for this?