diff --git a/IkiWiki/Rcs/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Rcs/git.pm
index 1882b43ef..5668936dd 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Rcs/git.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Rcs/git.pm
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ sub git_sha1 (;$) { #{{{
 	my $file = shift || q{--};
 
 	# Ignore error since a non-existing file might be given.
-	my ($sha1) = run_or_non('git', 'rev-list', '--max-count=1', 'HEAD', $file);
+	my ($sha1) = run_or_non('git', 'rev-list', '--max-count=1', 'HEAD',
+		'--', $file);
 	if ($sha1) {
 		($sha1) = $sha1 =~ m/($sha1_pattern)/; # sha1 is untainted now
 	} else { debug("Empty sha1sum for '$file'.") }
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dc16f5ac2..5f2f16c81 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ikiwiki (2.45) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix ugly display when editing a page that has vanished.
   * srcfile now has an optional second parameter to avoid it throwing an error
     if the source file does not exist.
+  * git: Put -- before the filename when calling git rev-list to avoid
+    warning message when the file doesn't exist.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:09:36 -0400