added the VersionControl_Git::getRemoteBranches() method (fixes #17283)

VersionControl/Git.php

@@ -185,6 +185,36 @@ public function getBranches()
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get an array of remote branch names
+     *
+     * @param string $name The name of remote repository
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getRemoteBranches($name = 'origin')
+    {
+        $result = array();
+
+        $commandResult = $this->getCommand('branch')
+            ->setOption('r')
+            ->execute();
+        $commandResult = explode(PHP_EOL, rtrim($commandResult));
+
+        foreach ($commandResult as $v) {
+            $v = trim($v);
+
+            $prefix = $name.'/';
+            if (0 !== strpos($v, $prefix)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $result[] = substr($v, strlen($prefix));
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a current branch name
      *

test/VersionControl_GitTest.php

@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ public function testGetBranches()
     $this->assertEquals($branches[7], 'master');
   }
 
+  public function testGetRemoteBranches()
+  {
+    $instance = new VersionControl_Git('./fixtures/001_VersionControl_Git');
+
+    $branches = $instance->getRemoteBranches();
+
+    $this->assertEquals(count($branches), 8);
+    $this->assertEquals($branches[0], 'branch1');
+    $this->assertEquals($branches[7], 'master');
+
+    $this->assertEquals(count($instance->getRemoteBranches('undefined-repository')), 0);
+  }
+
   public function testGetCurrentBranch()
   {
     $instance = new VersionControl_Git('./fixtures/001_VersionControl_Git');