submodule: do not copy unknown update mode from .gitmodules

diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 97c72bfe7043701132a2710bf03c5ce3ee109ba5..2d15c19e3e8d5d2ae317d0cb0e06a35ea8f5745e 100644 (file)
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref,
        return 1;
 }
 
+static int check_tracking_branch(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data)
+{
+       char *tracking_branch = cb_data;
+       struct refspec query;
+       memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec));
+       query.dst = tracking_branch;
+       return !remote_find_tracking(remote, &query);
+}
+
+static int validate_remote_tracking_branch(char *ref)
+{
+       return !for_each_remote(check_tracking_branch, ref);
+}
+
 static const char upstream_not_branch[] =
 N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' is not a branch.");
 static const char upstream_missing[] =
@@ -259,7 +273,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head,
        case 1:
                /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */
                if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
-                   prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
+                   validate_remote_tracking_branch(real_ref)) {
                        if (explicit_tracking)
                                die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name);
                        else