From a550921e75be44ecb06a4acfa638ddebe99494d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Gondermann <magicmonty@pagansoft.de>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:45:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Simplify branch name extraction"

This reverts commit fff05011c08034ac9b6b68601b97397f6ed4c1c6.
Fixes #146
---
 gitstatus.sh | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitstatus.sh b/gitstatus.sh
index d167e90..68d1a08 100755
--- a/gitstatus.sh
+++ b/gitstatus.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ if [ -z "${__GIT_PROMPT_DIR}" ]; then
   __GIT_PROMPT_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${SOURCE}" )" && pwd )"
 fi
 
-branch=`git symbolic-ref HEAD --short`
+gitsym=`git symbolic-ref HEAD`
 
 # if "fatal: Not a git repo .., then exit
-case "$branch" in fatal*) exit 0 ;; esac
+case "$gitsym" in fatal*) exit 0 ;; esac
+
+# the current branch is the tail end of the symbolic reference
+branch="${gitsym##refs/heads/}"    # get the basename after "refs/heads/"
 
 gitstatus=`git diff --name-status 2>&1`