check for float companion branch in float repo

# Replace only the first occurrence, as "basop" may be present in the later description

# If the format is correct, then before "_basop", only numbers can occur

float_ref_branchname="${branchname_in/basop/ref}"

git_result=$(git branch -a)

# now check in ivas-codec repository if a branch with this name exits

exit_code_ls_remote=0

pushd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"

git fetch origin

git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin res/heads/$float_ref_branchname || exit_code_ls_remote=$?

popd

# If the branch does not exist, default to "ivas-float-update"

if [[ "$git_result" =~ "$float_ref_branchname" ]]; then

# NOTE: "git ls-remote --exit-code" returns 2 if the given ref was not found

if [ "$exit_code_ls_remote" -eq "2" ]; then

  branchname_out="${float_ref_branchname}"

fi