From 05022740ac882b9afc868d8b2a17a9c2cf57d552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agent <agent@example.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 18:50:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20fix:=20dev-poll=20abandons=20fresh=20PRs?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=80=94=20stale=20branch=20check=20fails=20on=20unfetched?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20refs=20(#248)?=
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---
 dev/dev-poll.sh | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev/dev-poll.sh b/dev/dev-poll.sh
index dd58306..fbd165f 100755
--- a/dev/dev-poll.sh
+++ b/dev/dev-poll.sh
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ if [ -f "$LOCKFILE" ]; then
   rm -f "$LOCKFILE"
 fi
 
+# --- Fetch origin refs before any stale branch checks ---
+git fetch origin --prune 2>/dev/null || true
+
 # --- Memory guard ---
 memory_guard 2000
 
@@ -430,7 +433,7 @@ if [ "$ORPHAN_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
   if [ -n "$HAS_PR" ]; then
     # Check if branch is stale (behind primary branch)
     BRANCH="fix/issue-${ISSUE_NUM}"
-    AHEAD=$(git rev-list --count "origin/${BRANCH}..origin/${PRIMARY_BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null || echo "999")
+    AHEAD=$(git rev-list --count "origin/${BRANCH}..origin/${PRIMARY_BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
     if [ "$AHEAD" -gt 0 ]; then
       log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} PR #${HAS_PR} is $AHEAD commits behind ${PRIMARY_BRANCH} — abandoning stale PR"
       # Close the PR via API
@@ -682,7 +685,7 @@ for i in $(seq 0 $((BACKLOG_COUNT - 1))); do
   if [ -n "$EXISTING_PR" ]; then
     # Check if branch is stale (behind primary branch)
     BRANCH="fix/issue-${ISSUE_NUM}"
-    AHEAD=$(git rev-list --count "origin/${BRANCH}..origin/${PRIMARY_BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null || echo "999")
+    AHEAD=$(git rev-list --count "origin/${BRANCH}..origin/${PRIMARY_BRANCH}" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
     if [ "$AHEAD" -gt 0 ]; then
       log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} PR #${EXISTING_PR} is $AHEAD commits behind ${PRIMARY_BRANCH} — abandoning stale PR"
       # Close the PR via API