@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ def _assure_writable(self, method_name: str) -> None:
         if self.read_only:
             raise IOError("Cannot execute non-constant method %s.%s" % (self, method_name))
 
-    def add_section(self, section: str | cp._UNNAMED_SECTION) -> None:
+    def add_section(self, section: "cp._SectionName") -> None:
         """Assures added options will stay in order."""
         return super().add_section(section)
 
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 )
 from git.objects.base import IndexObject, Object
 from git.objects.util import TraversableIterableObj
-from ...refs.remote import RemoteReference
 from git.util import (
     IterableList,
     RemoteProgress,
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from git.index import IndexFile
     from git.objects.commit import Commit
-    from git.refs import Head
+    from git.refs import Head, RemoteReference
     from git.repo import Repo
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -356,7 +355,7 @@ def _clone_repo(
             module_checkout_path = osp.join(str(repo.working_tree_dir), path)
 
         if url.startswith("../"):
-            remote_name = cast(RemoteReference, repo.active_branch.tracking_branch()).remote_name
+            remote_name = cast("RemoteReference", repo.active_branch.tracking_branch()).remote_name
             repo_remote_url = repo.remote(remote_name).url
             url = os.path.join(repo_remote_url, url)