diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
index daa3d81d3..da87e2e7d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class GitDriver extends VcsDriver
             $this->process->execute('git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v', $output, $this->repoDir);
             foreach ($this->process->splitLines($output) as $branch) {
                 if ($branch && !preg_match('{^ *[^/]+/HEAD }', $branch)) {
-                    if (preg_match('{^(?:\* )? *(\S+) *([a-f0-9]+) .*$}', $branch, $match)) {
+                    if (preg_match('{^(?:\* )? *(\S+) *([a-f0-9]+)(?: .*)?$}', $branch, $match)) {
                         $branches[$match[1]] = $match[2];
                     }
                 }