From 1f166b5bddfd95ecb1a8e16aed9dbaab3bc14322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twio142 <64556708+twio142@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:19:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(open): clone the branch given in `ref`

`M.open` resolved a ref from both `ref` and the parsed URI, but the clone
call only received `parsed_repo.branch`. Calling `open(repo, { branch = "x" })`
with a URI that carries no branch therefore cloned without `-b`, and since
the default `clone_args` include `--single-branch`, no remote-tracking ref
for "x" was ever fetched. The post-clone checkout then failed and the
repository was left on the default branch.

Pass `ref.branch or ref.tag` to the clone, falling back to the parsed URI
as before.
---
 lua/git-dev/init.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/git-dev/init.lua b/lua/git-dev/init.lua
index 908d4b2..dca6847 100644
--- a/lua/git-dev/init.lua
+++ b/lua/git-dev/init.lua
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ M.open = function(repo, ref, opts)
     gitcmd:clone({
       repo_url = parsed_repo.repo_url,
       repo_dir = repo_dir,
-      branch = parsed_repo.branch,
+      branch = ref.branch or ref.tag or parsed_repo.branch,
       extra_args = config.git.clone_args,
     }, clone_callback)
   end