diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/index.js b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4dbb37f496961f484f18fc8b0f47798eb8b3f35a..14fce0a9549dbfb89d9f18f3234ff9af79e86d32
--- a/packages/create-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ function getPackageName(installPackage) {
     // The package name could be with or without semver version, e.g. react-scripts-0.2.0-alpha.1.tgz
     // However, this function returns package name only without semver version.
     return installPackage.match(/^.+\/(.+?)(?:-\d+.+)?\.tgz$/)[1];
+  } else if (installPackage.indexOf('git+') === 0) {
+    // Pull package name out of git urls e.g:
+    // git+https://github.com/mycompany/react-scripts.git
+    // git+ssh://github.com/mycompany/react-scripts.git#v1.2.3
+    return installPackage.match(/([^\/]+)\.git(#.*)?$/)[1];
   } else if (installPackage.indexOf('@') > 0) {
     // Do not match @scope/ when stripping off @version or @tag
     return installPackage.charAt(0) + installPackage.substr(1).split('@')[0];