diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..082d6c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 27dc5b03..ab36e0fa 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 # (binary is a macro for -text -diff)
 *.jar	binary
 *.pdf	binary
-*.PDF	binary
\ No newline at end of file
+*.PDF	binary
+
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst