def importHelper(self, struct):
        m = StrStrHashMap()
        keysAndValues = struct.get(self.__field)
        for i in range(0, len(keysAndValues), 2):
            m[keysAndValues[i]] = keysAndValues[i+1]
        return m
def find_first_remote_branch(remotes: Sequence['Remote'], branch_name: str) -> 'RemoteReference':
    """Find the remote branch matching the name of the given branch or raise InvalidGitRepositoryError"""
    for remote in remotes:
        try:
            return remote.refs[branch_name]
        except IndexError:
            continue
        # END exception handling
    # END for remote
    raise InvalidGitRepositoryError("Didn't find remote branch '%r' in any of the given remotes" % branch_name)