From 07c9a9474a111f8e8dcd1787734135dd52f19b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Qvarfordt <s.qvarfordt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:30:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Get branchname from repo instance instead of location url
 (#2242)

---
 .../techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts  | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts
index b2f04bbbbf..27e746590a 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/helpers.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ export const checkoutGitRepository = async (
 
   if (fs.existsSync(repositoryTmpPath)) {
     const repository = await Repository.open(repositoryTmpPath);
+    const currentBranchName = (await repository.getCurrentBranch()).shorthand();
     await repository.mergeBranches(
-      parsedGitLocation.ref,
-      `origin/${parsedGitLocation.ref}`,
+      currentBranchName,
+      `origin/${currentBranchName}`,
     );
     return repositoryTmpPath;
   }