diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95cb3eea4e336c70fb50a38b6e59771f4e76649c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 905720c77407f58834bc1752c32f4ca7546a3e8c..3e398102b2bb517211dd82c6fb204e93286c0049 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.pkg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.tgz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.zip filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst