1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 64960d65a1..e6438e24c7 100755
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ die "fatal: No commits in common between $base and $head"
 find_matching_ref='
 	sub abbr {
 		my $ref = shift;
-		if ($ref =~ s|refs/heads/|| || $ref =~ s|refs/tags/||) {
+		if ($ref =~ s|^refs/heads/|| || $ref =~ s|^refs/tags/|tags/|) {
 			return $ref;
 		} else {
 			return $ref;