diff --git a/bin/git-archive-file b/bin/git-archive-file
index cf0d0f0ef..bbb47233e 100755
--- a/bin/git-archive-file
+++ b/bin/git-archive-file
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # extract current branch name
-BRANCH=$(git name-rev HEAD 2> /dev/null | awk "{ print \$2 }")
+BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null)
 
 # get name of the most top folder of current directory, used for the
 # output filename