From 1dced55f60362f3466177ba9a5c1dae4fd227c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donny Xia <donnyxia@google.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Improve branch existence check

---
 releasing/releasing/releasing.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/releasing/releasing/releasing.go b/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
index 8d1c669be..b53dae179 100644
--- a/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
+++ b/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
@@ -376,7 +376,13 @@ func checkBranchExistence(path, name string) bool {
 	if err != nil {
 		logFatal(string(stdoutStderr))
 	}
-	return strings.Contains(string(stdoutStderr), name)
+	branches := strings.Split(string(stdoutStderr), "\n")
+	for _, branch := range branches {
+		if strings.Trim(branch, " ") == "remotes/"+name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func newBranch(path, name string) {