1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
index 888c651..38c247b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:git, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo)
   end
 
   def latest
-    return get_revision('origin/HEAD')
+    branch = on_branch?
+    if branch == 'master'
+      return get_revision('origin/HEAD')
+    else
+      return get_revision('origin/%s' % branch)
+    end
   end
 
   def revision
@@ -207,6 +212,10 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:git, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo)
     at_path { git('branch', '-a') }.gsub('*', ' ').split(/\n/).map { |line| line.strip }
   end
 
+  def on_branch?
+    at_path { git('branch', '-a') }.split(/\n/).grep(/\*/).to_s.gsub('*', '').strip
+  end
+
   def tags
     at_path { git('tag', '-l') }.split(/\n/).map { |line| line.strip }
   end