1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/ref_service.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/ref_service.rb
index 919fb68b8c7..cdcfed36740 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/ref_service.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/ref_service.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ module Gitlab
         consume_tags_response(response)
       end
 
+      def ref_exists?(ref_name)
+        request = Gitaly::RefExistsRequest.new(repository: @gitaly_repo, ref: ref_name)
+        response = GitalyClient.call(@storage, :ref_service, :ref_exists, request)
+        response.value
+      rescue GRPC::InvalidArgument => e
+        raise ArgumentError, e.message
+      end
+
       private
 
       def consume_refs_response(response)