diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c5d1045..b10716e 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ const gitUp = require("git-up");
  *  - `git_suffix` (Boolean): Whether to add the `.git` suffix or not.
  *
  */
-function gitUrlParse(url) {
+function gitUrlParse(url, refs=undefined) {
+    refs = refs || []
 
     if (typeof url !== "string") {
         throw new Error("The url must be a string.");
     }
 
+    if (!refs.every(item => typeof item === 'string')) {
+        throw new Error("The refs should contain only strings")
+    }
+
     const shorthandRe = /^([a-z\d-]{1,39})\/([-\.\w]{1,100})$/i
 
     if (shorthandRe.test(url)) {
@@ -242,6 +247,12 @@ function gitUrlParse(url) {
             urlInfo.ref = "";
         }
     }
+
+    if (refs.length !== 0 && urlInfo.ref) {
+        urlInfo.ref = findLongestMatchingSubstring(urlInfo.href, refs) || urlInfo.ref
+        urlInfo.filepath = urlInfo.href.split(urlInfo.ref + "/")[1]
+    }
+
     return urlInfo;
 }
 
@@ -315,4 +326,16 @@ function buildPath(obj) {
   }
 }
 
+function findLongestMatchingSubstring(string, array) {
+    let longestMatch = "";
+
+    array.forEach(item => {
+        if (string.includes(item) && item.length > longestMatch.length) {
+            longestMatch = item;
+        }
+    });
+
+    return longestMatch;
+}
+
 module.exports = gitUrlParse;
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 0d8a84e..96f8ba3 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -532,4 +532,17 @@ tester.describe("parse urls", test => {
         test.expect(res.filepath).toBe("pkg/blob/data.yaml");
         test.expect(res.toString()).toBe("https://github.com/owner/id");
     });
+
+    test.should("parse branch names with slashes, when refs are provided", () => {
+        var res = gitUrlParse("https://github.com/owner/id/blob/branch1/branch2/data.yaml", ["branch1/branch2", "branch1"]);
+        test.expect(res.pathname).toBe("/owner/id/blob/branch1/branch2/data.yaml");
+        test.expect(res.ref).toBe("branch1/branch2");
+        test.expect(res.filepath).toBe("data.yaml");
+        var res = gitUrlParse("https://github.com/owner/id/blob/branch1/branch2/branch3/folder/data.yaml", ["branch1/branch2/branch3", "branch1"]);
+        test.expect(res.ref).toBe("branch1/branch2/branch3");
+        test.expect(res.filepath).toBe("folder/data.yaml");
+        var res = gitUrlParse("https://github.com/owner/id/blob/main/folder/data.yaml", ["branch1/branch2/branch3", "main"]);
+        test.expect(res.ref).toBe("main");
+        test.expect(res.filepath).toBe("folder/data.yaml");
+    });
 });