#include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "refs.h"
 
 static const char bundle_signature[] = "# v2 git bundle\n";
 
 }
 
 /* returns an fd */
-int read_bundle_header(const char *path, struct bundle_header *header) {
+int read_bundle_header(const char *path, struct bundle_header *header)
+{
        char buffer[1024];
        int fd;
        long fpos;
                struct object_array_entry *e = revs.pending.objects + i;
                unsigned char sha1[20];
                char *ref;
+               const char *display_ref;
+               int flag;
 
                if (e->item->flags & UNINTERESTING)
                        continue;
                if (dwim_ref(e->name, strlen(e->name), sha1, &ref) != 1)
                        continue;
+               if (!resolve_ref(e->name, sha1, 1, &flag))
+                       flag = 0;
+               display_ref = (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) ? e->name : ref;
+
                /*
                 * Make sure the refs we wrote out is correct; --max-count and
                 * other limiting options could have prevented all the tips
                ref_count++;
                write_or_die(bundle_fd, sha1_to_hex(e->item->sha1), 40);
                write_or_die(bundle_fd, " ", 1);
-               write_or_die(bundle_fd, ref, strlen(ref));
+               write_or_die(bundle_fd, display_ref, strlen(display_ref));
                write_or_die(bundle_fd, "\n", 1);
                free(ref);
        }