grep.c: remove implicit dependency on the_index

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 86e6098774d891a3b7045cf1dd9c11959faf13dc..7f6277a1451d147fc5af4ae2910e7c40dd330aec 100644 (file)
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1689,11 +1689,18 @@ static struct ref *get_expanded_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
 static const struct ref *find_ref_by_name_abbrev(const struct ref *refs, const char *name)
 {
        const struct ref *ref;
+       const struct ref *best_match = NULL;
+       int best_score = 0;
+
        for (ref = refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
-               if (refname_match(name, ref->name))
-                       return ref;
+               int score = refname_match(name, ref->name);
+
+               if (best_score < score) {
+                       best_match = ref;
+                       best_score = score;
+               }
        }
-       return NULL;
+       return best_match;
 }
 
 struct ref *get_remote_ref(const struct ref *remote_refs, const char *name)