@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ ref, err := g.r.Head()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find main branch: %w", err)
 	}
-	return string(ref.Name()), err
+	if ref.Name().IsBranch() {
+		return strings.TrimPrefix(string(ref.Name()), "refs/heads/"), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find main branch: %w", err)
 }
 
 // WriteTar writes itself from a tree into a binary tar file format.