branch_contains "refs/top-bases/$name" "refs/remotes/$base_remote/top-bases/$name" &&
branch_contains "$name" "refs/remotes/$base_remote/$name"
} || rem_update='R'
+ [ "$rem_update" = 'R' ] || branch_contains "refs/remotes/$base_remote/$name" "$name" ||
+ rem_update='L'
deps_update=' '
needs_update "$name" >/dev/null || deps_update='D'
deps_missing=' '