diff --git a/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php b/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
index 2bfaed7d84178eaa3e2908579403a464701dfb81..578ed0ad99fbba94fe0f2f794d518993dd8dbd4b 100644
--- a/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
@@ -1198,18 +1198,18 @@ class project extends base {
 
     /**
      * get list of remote branches and tags
-     * @param type $getRemoteBranches
+     * @param bool $bIgnoreCache  flag to ignore exiting cached data
      * @return string|boolean
      */
-    public function getRemoteBranches($bForceNoCache=false) {
-        $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . "($bForceNoCache) start");
+    public function getRemoteBranches($bIgnoreCache=false) {
+        $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . "($bIgnoreCache) start");
         $this->_initVcs();
         if ($this->_oVcs) {
             if (!method_exists($this->_oVcs, "getRemoteBranches")) {
                 // the version control class does not have this method
                 return '';
             }
-            return $this->_oVcs->getRemoteBranches($bForceNoCache);
+            return $this->_oVcs->getRemoteBranches($bIgnoreCache);
         }
         return false;
     }
@@ -1218,9 +1218,11 @@ class project extends base {
       }
      * get html form with selectr for remote branches
      * @param string $sActiveBranchname  force active branch name
+     * @param bool $bIgnoreCache  flag to ignore exiting cached data
      * @return string
      */
     public function renderSelectRemoteBranches($sActiveBranchname = false, $bForceNoCache=false) {
+        $this->log(__FUNCTION__."(sActiveBranchname = $sActiveBranchname, bForceNoCache = ".($bForceNoCache ? 'true' : 'false').") start");
         $aReturn = array();
         $aRadios = array();
         $bFoundActive = false;
diff --git a/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php b/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
index 02750cbb9f39e4569bcf48072f70b01bd1b3f0b3..7f2f55844c7fa382fe09da2f74092fa26b56078f 100644
--- a/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/classes/vcs.git.class.php
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
      * read remote repository and get an array with names and revisions of 
      * all branches and tags
      * pre branch you get an array element with the keys revision, name, type
-     * @param bool $bForceNoCache  flag to overrde cache
+     * @param bool $bIgnoreCache  flag to overrde cache
      * @return array
      */
-    private function _fetchRemoteBranches($bForceNoCache = false) {
-        $this->log(__FUNCTION__."(bForceNoCache = ".($bForceNoCache ? 'true' : 'false').") start");
+    private function _fetchRemoteBranches($bIgnoreCache = false) {
+        $this->log(__FUNCTION__."(bIgnoreCache = ".($bIgnoreCache ? 'true' : 'false').") start");
         $aReturn = array();
 
         if (!$this->getUrl()) {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
         $iRc=false;
 
         // list of cached branch keys
-        if ($oCache->isExpired() || $bForceNoCache) {
+        if ($oCache->isExpired() || $bIgnoreCache) {
             $sWorkdir = dirname($this->_sTempDir) . '/fetchRemoteBranches/';
             $this->log(__FUNCTION__." - sWorkdir = $sWorkdir");
             $sGitCmd = 'export GIT_SSH="' . $this->_sWrapper . '" ; export PKEY="' . $this->_sKeyfile . '" ; ';
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
 
                 // use cache that getCommitmessageByBranch can access it
                 $this->_aRemoteBranches = $oCache->read();
-                $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' data from cache: <pre>'.print_r($this->_aRemoteBranches, 1).'</pre>');
+                $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' start reading all branches');
+                // $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' data from cache: <pre>'.print_r($this->_aRemoteBranches, 1).'</pre>');
                 /**
                  * $aOutput = Array
                  * (
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
                  */
 
                 foreach ($aOutput as $sBranchLine) {
-                    $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' loop over output of git ls-remote <pre>'.print_r($sBranchLine, 1).'</pre>');
+                    // $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' loop over output of git ls-remote <pre>'.print_r($sBranchLine, 1).'</pre>');
                     $aTmp = explode("\t", $sBranchLine);
 
                     $sBranchPath = preg_replace('#^refs/#', '', $aTmp[1]);
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
                         $sName = ($sType == "heads") ? "origin/" . $sBranch : $sBranch;
                         
                         $sBranchKey = $sName;
-                        $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' $sBranchKey = '.$sBranchKey);
+                        // $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' $sBranchKey = '.$sBranchKey);
 
                         // $sMessage = $this->getCommitmessageByBranch($sName, $sRevision);
                         $aReturn[$sBranchKey] = array(
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
                     }
                 }
                 $this->_aRemoteBranches = $aReturn;
+                $this->log(__FUNCTION__ . ' '.count($aReturn).' branches: <pre>'.print_r($this->_aRemoteBranches, 1).'</pre>');
                 $this->_cacheRemoteBranches();
             }
         } else {
@@ -302,13 +304,13 @@ class vcs implements iVcs {
 
     /**
      * get a flat array with names of all remote branches
-     * @param  bool  $bForceNoCache  flag: ignore caching; default: use cache
+     * @param  bool  $bIgnoreCache  flag: ignore caching; default: use cache
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getRemoteBranches($bForceNoCache=false) {
-        $this->log(__FUNCTION__."($bForceNoCache) start");
-        if (!$this->_aRemoteBranches) {
-            $this->_fetchRemoteBranches($bForceNoCache);
+    public function getRemoteBranches($bIgnoreCache=false) {
+        $this->log(__FUNCTION__."($bIgnoreCache) start");
+        if (!$this->_aRemoteBranches || $bIgnoreCache) {
+            $this->_fetchRemoteBranches($bIgnoreCache);
         }
         return $this->_aRemoteBranches;
     }
diff --git a/public_html/deployment/pages/act_build.php b/public_html/deployment/pages/act_build.php
index 5da8f9d4fe8727c603c853879ff55592a13a4ada..4ed04d4a9de1426c6e6f606e3327feb26a49374e 100644
--- a/public_html/deployment/pages/act_build.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/pages/act_build.php
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ if (!array_key_exists("confirm", $aParams)) {
     // ------------------------------------------------------------
     $sNext = $oPrj->getNextPhase();
     $aPhaseData2 = $oPrj->getPhaseInfos($sNext);
-    $bForceNoCache = isset($aParams['reloadBranches']) ? $aParams['reloadBranches'] : false;
+    $bIgnoreCache = isset($aParams['reloadBranches']) ? $aParams['reloadBranches'] : false;
+
+    // $sOut.='<p>Re-Read Branches (ignore caching) - '.($bIgnoreCache ? "JA" : "mein" ).'</p>';
 
     $sOut.='<p>' . sprintf(t("page-build-info"), $sNext, $sNext) . '</p>';
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ if (!array_key_exists("confirm", $aParams)) {
              <tbody>
                  <tr>
                      <td class="">
-                         ' . $oPrj->renderSelectRemoteBranches(false, $bForceNoCache) . '
+                         ' . $oPrj->renderSelectRemoteBranches(false, $bIgnoreCache) . '
                          <form action="?" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                             <input type="hidden" name="reloadBranches" value="1">
                             <input type="hidden" name="branchname" value="' . $sBranchname . '">