1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 7b5c777f0b..d7ba1178ae 100755
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ die "fatal: No commits in common between $base and $head"
 find_matching_ref='
 	sub abbr {
 		my $ref = shift;
-		if ($ref =~ s|refs/heads/||) {
+		if ($ref =~ s|refs/heads/|| || $ref =~ s|refs/tags/||) {
 			return $ref;
-		} elsif ($ref =~ s|refs/tags/||) {
-			return "tag $ref";
 		} else {
 			return $ref;
 		}