From 48a267d5080dc27277cfaaea03875fe9af2305bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Droogmans <peter@attiks.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:49:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] better Head detection if refs/heads is pointing to
 non-existing master

---
 lib/Git/Repository.php | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Git/Repository.php b/lib/Git/Repository.php
index b9fc3d4..4b297c0 100644
--- a/lib/Git/Repository.php
+++ b/lib/Git/Repository.php
@@ -422,14 +422,21 @@ class Repository
         else  {
           return 'master';
         }
+        // Find first existing branch
         foreach (explode("\n", $file) as $line) {
             $m = array();
             if (preg_match('#ref:\srefs/heads/(.+)#', $line, $m)) {
-                return $m[1];
+                if ($this->hasBranch($m[1])) {
+                  return $m[1];
+                }
             }
         }
 
         // Default to something sane if in a detached HEAD state.
+        $branches = $this->getBranches();
+        if (!empty($branches)) {
+          return current($branches);
+        }
         return 'master';
     }