diff --git a/apkgrel.in b/apkgrel.in
index 1fada9f..01a3735 100644
--- a/apkgrel.in
+++ b/apkgrel.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ do_add () {
 	local f= old=
 	for f; do
 		[ -n "$only_clean_git" ] \
-			&& [ -n "$(git diff --name-only "${f%/*}")" ] \
+			&& [ -n "$(git diff --name-only -- "${f%/*}")" ] \
 			&& continue
 		old=$(show_plain "$f")
 		case $old in