From ce7873584f26c2a85632bdb13ce14e8c8df59513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: echel0n <sickrage.tv@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:04:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed sickragetv/sickrage-issues#162 - will always return
 list object even when branches do not exist

---
 sickbeard/versionChecker.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index dc4cf28c..2e017cc3 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         branches, err, exit_status = self._run_git(self._git_path, 'ls-remote --heads %s' % sickbeard.GIT_REMOTE)  # @UnusedVariable
         if exit_status == 0 and branches:
-            return re.findall('\S+\Wrefs/heads/(.*)', branches)
+            if branches:
+                return re.findall('\S+\Wrefs/heads/(.*)', branches)
         return []
 
     def update_remote_origin(self):