job.py: don't do hard-code branch in error-handling

When MR was created again a branch different from master and ended up with conflicts, bot goes into infinite loop due to getting inside error-handling path a: fatal: invalid reference: master Fix this by not hard-coding the master name. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <[email protected]>
smarkets · Jan 29, 2021 · 32a9163 · 32a9163
1 parent b2b115b
commit 32a9163
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/marge/job.py b/marge/job.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def update_from_target_branch_and_push(
             # and likely explains any previous failure, so it will better to just
             # raise a GitError
             if source_branch != 'master':
-                repo.checkout_branch('master')
+                repo.checkout_branch('HEAD^')
                 repo.remove_branch(source_branch)
 
             if not branch_update_done: