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diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index 26d4deb1cc..63d4b95b0d 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -861,6 +861,16 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION |
PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP);
+ /*
+ * skip a -- separator; we know it cannot be
+ * separating revisions from pathnames if
+ * we haven't even had any patterns yet
+ */
+ if (argc > 0 && !opt.pattern_list && !strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+ }
+
/* First unrecognized non-option token */
if (argc > 0 && !opt.pattern_list) {
append_grep_pattern(&opt, argv[0], "command line", 0,