1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 61fab9764e8..0f67395b88b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -212,12 +212,18 @@ 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
 
@@ -272,6 +278,7 @@ 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
@@ -1195,7 +1202,7 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def initialize_raw_repository
-    Gitlab::Git::Repository.new(project.repository_storage, disk_path + '.git')
+    Gitlab::Git::Repository.new(project.repository_storage, disk_path + '.git', Gitlab::GlRepository.gl_repository(project, false))
   end
 
   def circuit_breaker