Git rid of morphlib.git methods that are not needed

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/morphlib/git.py b/morphlib/git.py
index f5722ebe..0a4b01f4 100644
--- a/morphlib/git.py
+++ b/morphlib/git.py
@@ -150,14 +150,6 @@ def checkout_ref(runcmd, gitdir, ref):
     '''Checks out a specific ref/SHA1 in a git working tree.'''
     runcmd(['git', 'checkout', ref], cwd=gitdir)
 
-def ref_exists(runcmd, gitdir, ref):
-    '''Check if specific ref exists locally or in a remote.'''
-    try:
-        runcmd(['git', 'show-ref', '--quiet', ref], cwd=gitdir)
-    except cliapp.AppException:
-        return False
-    return True
-
 def reset_workdir(runcmd, gitdir):
     '''Removes any differences between the current commit '''
     '''and the status of the working directory'''
diff --git a/morphlib/plugins/branch_and_merge_plugin.py b/morphlib/plugins/branch_and_merge_plugin.py
index 06fc5a9d..a3681909 100644
--- a/morphlib/plugins/branch_and_merge_plugin.py
+++ b/morphlib/plugins/branch_and_merge_plugin.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class BranchAndMergePlugin(cliapp.Plugin):
             self.clone_to_directory(repo_dir, repo, commit)
 
             # Check if branch already exists locally or in a remote
-            if morphlib.git.ref_exists(self.app.runcmd, repo_dir, new_branch):
+            if self.resolve_ref(repo_dir, new_branch) is not None:
                 raise cliapp.AppException('branch %s already exists in '
                                           'repository %s' % (new_branch, repo))