lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
index d9b312c18d2f155ae39c417f60830395c58e3e9e..d7875333af9cec3dcc4f5df20aeda4e185a3a316 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 			# for debugging/diagnostics:
 			$di->{ibx} = $ibx;
 			$di->{smsg} = $smsg;
-		} elsif ($l =~ m!\Adiff --git ("?a/.+) ("?b/.+)$!) {
+		} elsif ($l =~ m!\Adiff --git ("?[^/]+/.+) ("?[^/]+/.+)$!) {
 			last if $tmp; # got our blob, done!
 
 			my ($path_a, $path_b) = ($1, $2);