diff --git a/src/git.erl b/src/git.erl
index 6062353..b3f7b3a 100644
--- a/src/git.erl
+++ b/src/git.erl
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ remote_add_cmd(RemoteName, RepoURL) ->
 branch(Repo) ->
     case status_is_detached(Repo) of
         false ->
-            Refs = refs(Repo),
-            {value, {"HEAD", 'HEAD', H}, Refs2} = lists:keytake('HEAD', 2, Refs),
-            [B] = [ N || {N, T, C} <- Refs2, T == head, C == H ],
+            B = strip(oksh("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD", [{cd, Repo}])),
             {ok, B};
         true ->
             detached