lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 028c2767981f9e3059960738fbc2fe3f26dbd383..3860d6e4b862ea502212c73c4fb134ec69f41c49 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ 		my $s = add_text_body_short($enc, $part, $part_nr, $fhref);
 
 		# drop the remainder of git patches, they're usually better
 		# to review when the full message is viewed
-		$s =~ s!^---\n.*\z!!ms and $more = 'more...';
+		$s =~ s!^---+\n.*\z!!ms and $more = 'more...';
 
 		# Drop signatures
 		$s =~ s/^-- \n.*\z//ms and $more = 'more...';