Check for updates on curent branch

libs/bashhelper.sh

@@ -274,15 +274,16 @@ is_var_set() {
 
 
 ### Check if the git repository in CWD has unpulled commits on the
-### master branch, without actually fetching anything.
+### current branch, without actually fetching anything.
 ###
 ### \params $1 remote (default: origin)
-### \params $2 branch (default: master)
+### \params $2 branch (default: current)
 git_repo_has_updates() {
     (
         cd "$WEBIS_CMD_ROOT_PATH"
+        branch="$(git branch --show-current)"
         local_ref="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-        remote_ref="$(git ls-remote "${1:-origin}" | grep "refs/heads/${2:-master}" | cut -f1)"
+        remote_ref="$(git ls-remote "${1:-origin}" | grep "refs/heads/${2:-$branch}" | cut -f1)"
         [ "$local_ref" != "$remote_ref" ] && git merge-base --is-ancestor "${1:-origin}/${2:-master}" HEAD
    )
 }