diff --git a/cli/src/commit_templater.rs b/cli/src/commit_templater.rs
index ad7495a27..404ef3c03 100644
--- a/cli/src/commit_templater.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commit_templater.rs
@@ -360,22 +360,26 @@ fn build_branches_index(repo: &dyn Repo) -> RefNamesIndex {
     let mut index = RefNamesIndex::default();
     for (branch_name, branch_target) in repo.view().branches() {
         let local_target = branch_target.local_target;
-        let mut unsynced_remote_targets = branch_target
-            .remote_refs
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|&&(_, remote_ref)| remote_ref.target != *local_target)
-            .peekable();
+        let remote_refs = branch_target.remote_refs;
+        let unsynced_remote_refs = remote_refs.iter().copied().filter(|&(_, remote_ref)| {
+            !remote_ref.is_tracking() || remote_ref.target != *local_target
+        });
+        let has_unsynced_tracking_refs = || {
+            remote_refs.iter().any(|&(_, remote_ref)| {
+                remote_ref.is_tracking() && remote_ref.target != *local_target
+            })
+        };
         if local_target.is_present() {
             let decorated_name = if local_target.has_conflict() {
                 format!("{branch_name}??")
-            } else if unsynced_remote_targets.peek().is_some() {
+            } else if has_unsynced_tracking_refs() {
                 format!("{branch_name}*")
             } else {
                 branch_name.to_owned()
             };
             index.insert(local_target.added_ids(), decorated_name);
         }
-        for &(remote_name, remote_ref) in unsynced_remote_targets {
+        for (remote_name, remote_ref) in unsynced_remote_refs {
             let decorated_name = if remote_ref.target.has_conflict() {
                 format!("{branch_name}@{remote_name}?")
             } else {
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs b/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
index d06df8ea4..6aa5a3503 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ fn test_branch_track_untrack() {
     main: sptzoqmo 7b33f629 commit 1
     "###);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(get_log_output(&test_env, &repo_path), @r###"
-    ◉  feature1 feature2@origin main 7b33f6295eda
+    ◉  feature1 feature1@origin feature2@origin main 7b33f6295eda
     │ @   230dd059e1b0
     ├─╯
     ◉   000000000000
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ fn test_branch_track_untrack() {
     "###);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(get_log_output(&test_env, &repo_path), @r###"
     ◉  feature1@origin feature2@origin main 40dabdaf4abe
-    │ ◉  feature1* 7b33f6295eda
+    │ ◉  feature1 7b33f6295eda
     ├─╯
     │ @   230dd059e1b0
     ├─╯
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ fn test_branch_track_untrack() {
     "###);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(get_log_output(&test_env, &repo_path), @r###"
     ◉  feature1@origin feature2@origin feature3 main 3f0f86fa0e57
-    │ ◉  feature1* 7b33f6295eda
+    │ ◉  feature1 7b33f6295eda
     ├─╯
     │ @   230dd059e1b0
     ├─╯