lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm | 4 +++-
 t/git.t                | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 4601f2599ac674ae96d6bcb7ce2d7681f3b587f2..90b9214a422cec4f7e6ade5e591835c6bd5bb955 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ 	n => "\n",
 	r => "\r",
 	t => "\t",
 	v => "\013",
+	'"' => '"',
+	'\\' => '\\',
 );
 
 # unquote pathnames used by git, see quote.c::unquote_c_style.c in git.git
 sub git_unquote ($) {
 	return $_[0] unless ($_[0] =~ /\A"(.*)"\z/);
 	$_[0] = $1;
-	$_[0] =~ s/\\([abfnrtv])/$GIT_ESC{$1}/g;
+	$_[0] =~ s/\\([\\"abfnrtv])/$GIT_ESC{$1}/g;
 	$_[0] =~ s/\\([0-7]{1,3})/chr(oct($1))/ge;
 	$_[0];
 }
diff --git a/t/git.t b/t/git.t
index 052e1cece4b63c32b960c5c334876dd39ab0e399..c642b8fe8bffc464da3a75b39b5a0b6111ccca5d 100644
--- a/t/git.t
+++ b/t/git.t
@@ -148,5 +148,7 @@ use_ok 'PublicInbox::Git', qw(git_unquote);
 my $s;
 is("foo\nbar", git_unquote($s = '"foo\\nbar"'), 'unquoted newline');
 is("Eléanor", git_unquote($s = '"El\\303\\251anor"'), 'unquoted octal');
+is(git_unquote($s = '"I\"m"'), 'I"m', 'unquoted dq');
+is(git_unquote($s = '"I\\m"'), 'I\\m', 'unquoted backslash');
 
 done_testing();