1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index c1e4fcf94a4..cb2cf658084 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -206,12 +206,18 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def branch_exists?(branch_name)
-    branch_names.include?(branch_name)
+    return false unless raw_repository
+
+    @branch_exists_memo ||= Hash.new do |hash, key|
+      hash[key] = raw_repository.branch_exists?(key)
+    end
+
+    @branch_exists_memo[branch_name]
   end
 
   def ref_exists?(ref)
-    rugged.references.exist?(ref)
-  rescue Rugged::ReferenceError
+    !!raw_repository&.ref_exists?(ref)
+  rescue ArgumentError
     false
   end
 
@@ -266,6 +272,7 @@ class Repository
   def expire_branches_cache
     expire_method_caches(%i(branch_names branch_count))
     @local_branches = nil
+    @branch_exists_memo = nil
   end
 
   def expire_statistics_caches