Index: update_translations
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--- update_translations
+++ update_translations
@@ -32,20 +32,20 @@
   # no kde_qt in kf5
   for i in $releases l10n; do
     vcs=`get_vcs $i`
+    branch=`get_branch $i`
+    modname=$i
+    i=`get_path $i`
+
     if test -n "$NOUPDATE"; then
       if test "$vcs" = git; then
-        branch=`get_branch $i`
-        i=`get_path $i`
         if ! (cd $i && git reset $SVNQUIETFLAG --hard origin/$branch); then
           echo "ERROR: failed to switch to $branch in $i"
         fi
       fi
       continue
     fi
     test -z "$VERBOSE1" || echo "updating $i"
   
-    modname=$i
-    i=`get_path $i`
     if test ! -d $i; then
       case "$vcs" in
         svn)
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
         # cleanup the old branches
         git remote prune origin || echo "ERROR: pruning $i has failed!"
         git fetch $SVNQUIETFLAG || echo "ERROR: fetching $i has failed!"
-        branch=`get_branch $modname`
       fi
       ### TODO: perhaps we could combine cleanup/svn-clean/revert (One svn stat -u, if it fails cleanup and revert are called, otherwise only svn-cleanup is done.)
       if test -z "$NO_INITIAL_CLEANUP"; then