diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionGitRequest.php b/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionGitRequest.php
index df3df74c72..2f411c6584 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionGitRequest.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionGitRequest.php
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ final class DiffusionGitRequest extends DiffusionRequest {
       return $this->commit;
     }
 
+    return $this->getResolvableBranchName($this->getBranch());
+  }
+
+  protected function getResolvableBranchName($branch) {
     if ($this->repository->isWorkingCopyBare()) {
-      return $this->getBranch();
+      return $branch;
     } else {
       $remote = DiffusionBranchInformation::DEFAULT_GIT_REMOTE;
-      return $remote.'/'.$this->getBranch();
+      return $remote.'/'.$branch;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionRequest.php b/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionRequest.php
index 9640df0a2f..928cc15422 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionRequest.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/request/DiffusionRequest.php
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ abstract class DiffusionRequest {
     }
 
     if ($this->getSupportsBranches()) {
-      $branch = $this->getBranch();
+      $branch = $this->getResolvableBranchName($this->getBranch());
     } else {
       $branch = 'HEAD';
     }
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ abstract class DiffusionRequest {
     return $this->stableCommitName;
   }
 
+  protected function getResolvableBranchName($branch) {
+    return $branch;
+  }
+
   private function resolveRefs(array $refs) {
     if ($this->shouldInitFromConduit()) {
       return DiffusionQuery::callConduitWithDiffusionRequest(