diff --git a/lib/grit/repo.rb b/lib/grit/repo.rb
index e0f1d966..061078a5 100644
--- a/lib/grit/repo.rb
+++ b/lib/grit/repo.rb
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ def grep(searchtext, contextlines = 3, branch = 'master')
       filematches.each do |filematch|
         binary = false
         file = ''
-        matches = filematch.split("--\n")
+        matches = filematch.split(/^--\n/)
         matches.each_with_index do |match, i|
           content = []
           startline = 0