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diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 6aa49c03df13245486b20b04315437811b260882..ca1f8f2eafbef40046f2890501ad757bde9585f1 100644 (file)
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,16 @@ int branch_merge_matches(struct branch *branch,
        return refname_match(branch->merge[i]->src, refname, ref_fetch_rules);
 }
 
+static int ignore_symref_update(const char *refname)
+{
+       unsigned char sha1[20];
+       int flag;
+
+       if (!resolve_ref_unsafe(refname, sha1, 0, &flag))
+               return 0; /* non-existing refs are OK */
+       return (flag & REF_ISSYMREF);
+}
+
 static struct ref *get_expanded_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
                                    const struct refspec *refspec)
 {
@@ -1383,7 +1393,8 @@ static struct ref *get_expanded_map(const struct ref *remote_refs,
                if (strchr(ref->name, '^'))
                        continue; /* a dereference item */
                if (match_name_with_pattern(refspec->src, ref->name,
-                                           refspec->dst, &expn_name)) {
+                                           refspec->dst, &expn_name) &&
+                   !ignore_symref_update(expn_name)) {
                        struct ref *cpy = copy_ref(ref);
 
                        cpy->peer_ref = alloc_ref(expn_name);