Merge pull request #1586 from jamill/fetch_fix Fetch should not fail when remote HEAD reference is not present locally
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index e5a7df7..7a64622 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -870,19 +870,6 @@ static int update_tips_for_spec(git_remote *remote, git_refspec *spec, git_vecto
if (git_vector_init(&update_heads, 16, NULL) < 0)
return -1;
- /* Let's go find HEAD, if it exists. Check only the first ref in the vector. */
- if (refs->length > 0) {
- head = git_vector_get(refs, 0);
-
- if (!strcmp(head->name, GIT_HEAD_FILE)) {
- if (git_reference_create(&ref, remote->repo, GIT_FETCH_HEAD_FILE, &head->oid, 1) < 0)
- goto on_error;
-
- i = 1;
- git_reference_free(ref);
- }
- }
-
for (; i < refs->length; ++i) {
head = git_vector_get(refs, i);
autotag = 0;