1 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/plumbing/reference.go b/plumbing/reference.go
index 08e908f..eef11e8 100644
--- a/plumbing/reference.go
+++ b/plumbing/reference.go
@@ -168,22 +168,22 @@ func NewHashReference(n ReferenceName, h Hash) *Reference {
 	}
 }
 
-// Type return the type of a reference
+// Type returns the type of a reference
 func (r *Reference) Type() ReferenceType {
 	return r.t
 }
 
-// Name return the name of a reference
+// Name returns the name of a reference
 func (r *Reference) Name() ReferenceName {
 	return r.n
 }
 
-// Hash return the hash of a hash reference
+// Hash returns the hash of a hash reference
 func (r *Reference) Hash() Hash {
 	return r.h
 }
 
-// Target return the target of a symbolic reference
+// Target returns the target of a symbolic reference
 func (r *Reference) Target() ReferenceName {
 	return r.target
 }
@@ -204,6 +204,21 @@ func (r *Reference) Strings() [2]string {
 }
 
 func (r *Reference) String() string {
-	s := r.Strings()
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", s[1], s[0])
+	ref := ""
+	switch r.Type() {
+	case HashReference:
+		ref = r.Hash().String()
+	case SymbolicReference:
+		ref = symrefPrefix + r.Target().String()
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	name := r.Name().String()
+	var v strings.Builder
+	v.Grow(len(ref) + len(name) + 1)
+	v.WriteString(ref)
+	v.WriteString(" ")
+	v.WriteString(name)
+	return v.String()
 }