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diff --git a/lib/git/base.py b/lib/git/base.py
index f3510558..b7976dab 100644
--- a/lib/git/base.py
+++ b/lib/git/base.py
@@ -222,9 +222,15 @@ class Ref(object):
def name(self):
"""
Returns
- Name of this reference
+ (shortest) Name of this reference - it may contain path components
"""
- return os.path.basename(self.path)
+ # first two path tokens are can be removed as they are
+ # refs/heads or refs/tags or refs/remotes
+ tokens = self.path.split('/')
+ if len(tokens) < 3:
+ return self.path # could be refs/HEAD
+
+ return '/'.join(tokens[2:])
@classmethod
def find_all(cls, repo, common_path = "refs", **kwargs):