Merge pull request #3640 from dependabot/github-create-ref-422

GitHub PullRequestCreator: prepend refs/
dependabot · May 5, 2021 · 0e7f74d · 0e7f74d
2 parents 558d137 + 13b3ea1
commit 0e7f74d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/github.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/github.rb
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ def create_or_update_branch(commit)
       end
 
       def create_branch(commit)
-        ref = "heads/#{branch_name}"
+        ref = "refs/heads/#{branch_name}"
 
         begin
           branch =
             github_client_for_source.create_ref(source.repo, ref, commit.sha)
-          @branch_name = ref.gsub(%r{^heads/}, "")
+          @branch_name = ref.gsub(%r{^refs/heads/}, "")
           branch
         rescue Octokit::UnprocessableEntity => e
           # Return quietly in the case of a race
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def create_branch(commit)
 
           # Branch creation will fail if a branch called `dependabot` already
           # exists, since git won't be able to create a dir with the same name
-          ref = "heads/#{SecureRandom.hex[0..3] + branch_name}"
+          ref = "refs/heads/#{SecureRandom.hex[0..3] + branch_name}"
           retry
         end
       end