+static const char *remote_submodule_branch(const char *path)
+{
+ const struct submodule *sub;
+ gitmodules_config();
+ git_config(submodule_config, NULL);
+
+ sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
+ if (!sub)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (!sub->branch)
+ return "master";
+
+ return sub->branch;
+}
+
+static int resolve_remote_submodule_branch(int argc, const char **argv,
+ const char *prefix)
+{
+ const char *ret;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ if (argc != 2)
+ die("submodule--helper remote-branch takes exactly one arguments, got %d", argc);
+
+ ret = remote_submodule_branch(argv[1]);
+ if (!ret)
+ die("submodule %s doesn't exist", argv[1]);
+
+ printf("%s", ret);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ return 0;
+}
+