1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/remote_service.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/remote_service.rb
index 1381e033d4b..4661448621b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/remote_service.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/remote_service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module Gitlab
   module GitalyClient
     class RemoteService
+      include Gitlab::EncodingHelper
+
       MAX_MSG_SIZE = 128.kilobytes.freeze
 
       def self.exists?(remote_url)
@@ -52,6 +54,18 @@ module Gitlab
         response.result
       end
 
+      def find_remote_root_ref(remote_name)
+        request = Gitaly::FindRemoteRootRefRequest.new(
+          repository: @gitaly_repo,
+          remote: remote_name
+        )
+
+        response = GitalyClient.call(@storage, :remote_service,
+                                     :find_remote_root_ref, request)
+
+        encode_utf8(response.ref)
+      end
+
       def update_remote_mirror(ref_name, only_branches_matching)
         req_enum = Enumerator.new do |y|
           y.yield Gitaly::UpdateRemoteMirrorRequest.new(