This is involves the server, so it fails when server is unavailable

in a scenario like this:
  - remote upstream has a branch named "beremiz"
  - we fetch all refs from remote upstream
  - branch "beremiz" is deleted from remote upstream
  - a new branch "beremiz/materia-theme" is created on remote upstream

We have endless errors:

  Fetching upstream
  error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/upstream/beremiz/materia-theme': 'refs/remotes/upstream/beremiz' exists; cannot create 'refs/remotes/upstream/beremiz/materia-theme'
  From https://lab.nexedi.com/nexedi/slapos
   ! [new branch]          beremiz/materia-theme -> upstream/beremiz/materia-theme  (unable to update local ref)
  error: some local refs could not be updated; try running
   'git remote prune upstream' to remove any old, conflicting branches
  error: could not fetch upstream

Use https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-duration which supports duration
units easier for humans