Added SymbolicReference.is_remote() utility method.

Based on the functionality proposed in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/101

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2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git/refs/reference.py b/git/refs/reference.py
index 0745b721..72494e0a 100644
--- a/git/refs/reference.py
+++ b/git/refs/reference.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def require_remote_ref_path(func):
     """A decorator raising a TypeError if we are not a valid remote, based on the path"""
 
     def wrapper(self, *args):
-        if not self.path.startswith(self._remote_common_path_default + "/"):
+        if not self.is_remote():
             raise ValueError("ref path does not point to a remote reference: %s" % self.path)
         return func(self, *args)
     #END wrapper
diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
index 9a95b7f0..fcb1336e 100644
--- a/git/refs/symbolic.py
+++ b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -630,3 +630,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
             # END exception handling
         # END for each type to try
         raise ValueError("Could not find reference type suitable to handle path %r" % path)
+
+    def is_remote(self):
+        """:return: True if this symbolic reference points to a remote branch"""
+        return self.path.startswith(self._remote_common_path_default + "/")