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diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index 67f113acb9..11d52fd78e 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,5 @@ rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") || exit
git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
-leading=`expr "refs/heads/$branchname" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
-mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
-echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
+git update-ref "refs/heads/$branchname" $rev
+